Volsci

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See also: volsci

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the Latin Volscī.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: vŏlʹshī, IPA^(key): /ˈvɒlʃaɪ/

Noun[edit]

Volsci pl (plural only)

(historical) An ancient Italic people and culture from the first century of the Roman republic.

Related terms[edit]

Volscian

Translations[edit]

an ancient Italic people and culture from the first century of the Roman republic

Esperanto: Volsques pl
Latin: Volscī pl
Portuguese: volscos m pl
Russian: вольски (ru) pl (volʹski)

Further reading[edit]

Volsci on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams[edit]

Clovis

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown, possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate.

If from Etruscan, possibly related to the name Volsinii;^[1] otherwise, if an Italic borrowing, possibly from Osci prefixed with a stem vol-, meaning "warlike" or "ancient."^[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ol.skiː/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪s̠kiː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvol.ʃi/, [ˈvɔl̠ʲʃi]

Proper noun[edit]

Volscī m pl (genitive Volscōrum); second declension

Volsci, Volscians

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Volscī
Genitive	Volscōrum
Dative	Volscīs
Accusative	Volscōs
Ablative	Volscīs
Vocative	Volscī

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

English: Volsce, Volsci, Volscian

References[edit]

“Volsci”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Volsci in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

^ G. Devoto, Per la storia linguistica della Ciociaria, La Ciociaria, pp. 4 - 6
^ Storia delle Due Sicilie dall'antichita più remota al 1789, p. 398.

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