Volsinii

Italian

Proper noun

Volsinii ?

1. an ancient Etruscan town near modern Bolsena

Anagrams

• sviolini

Latin

Etymology

From Etruscan 𐌖𐌄𐌋𐌆𐌍𐌀 (uelzna), 𐌖𐌄𐌋𐌖𐌔𐌍𐌀 (uelusna). Found in Greek as Ὀυολσίνιοι (Ouolsínioi) (Strabo) and Ὀυολσίνιον (Ouolsínion) (Ptolemy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯olˈsi.ni.iː/, [u̯ɔɫ̪ˈs̠ɪniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /volˈsi.ni.i/, [volˈsiːniː]

Proper noun

Volsiniī m pl (genitive Volsiniōrum); second declension

1. Volsinii (ancient Etruscan city)
2. Bolsena (city in Italy, a successor to the Etruscan city)

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Volsiniī
genitive	Volsiniōrum
dative	Volsiniīs
accusative	Volsiniōs
ablative	Volsiniīs
vocative	Volsiniī
locative	Volsiniīs

References

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