Volaterrae

Latin

Etymology

From Etruscan 𐌅𐌄𐌋𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌉 (velaθri).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯o.laːˈter.rae̯/, [u̯ɔɫ̪äːˈt̪ɛrːäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vo.laˈter.re/, [voläˈt̪ɛrːe]

Proper noun

Volāterrae f pl (genitive Volāterrārum); first declension

1. Volterra (city in Tuscany, of Etruscan origin)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Volāterrae
genitive	Volāterrārum
dative	Volāterrīs
accusative	Volāterrās
ablative	Volāterrīs
vocative	Volāterrae
locative	Volāterrīs

Derived terms

• Volāterrānus

References

• “Volaterrae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press