voltus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɔɫ.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɔl.tus]

Noun

voltus m (genitive voltūs); fourth declension

1. alternative form of vultus (“facial expression; look; countenance”)
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.209:

     spem voltū simulat

     with [his] appearance he feigns hope
     (Aeneas “puts on a brave face” to encourage his men after the disastrous storm.)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	voltus	voltūs
genitive	voltūs	voltuum
dative	voltuī	voltibus
accusative	voltum	voltūs
ablative	voltū	voltibus
vocative	voltus	voltūs

Further reading

• “voltus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “voltus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “voltus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• voltus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3544