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]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /voˈlum.nus/, [voˈlumnus]

Proper noun

Volumnus m (genitive Volumnī); second declension

  1. 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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