Volumnus

Latin

Alternative forms

Volumna

Etymology

From volō (“to want, wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-o- (“strive”) + *-mh₁nos.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯oˈlum.nus/, [u̯ɔˈɫ̪ʊmnʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /voˈlum.nus/, [voˈlumnus]

Proper noun

Volumnus m (genitive Volumnī); second declension

a minor Roman god that bestows good intention to a fetus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Volumnus	Volumnī
Genitive	Volumnī	Volumnōrum
Dative	Volumnō	Volumnīs
Accusative	Volumnum	Volumnōs
Ablative	Volumnō	Volumnīs
Vocative	Volumne	Volumnī

References

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

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