volucra
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From volvō (“I roll”). Compare convolvulus, involvulus. Sen 2015 considers its development to be connected to that of volucer (“flying, winged”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯oˈluː.kra/, [u̯ɔˈɫ̪uːkrä] or IPA(key): /ˈu̯o.lu.kra/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪ʊkrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /voˈlu.kra/, [voˈluːkrä] or IPA(key): /ˈvo.lu.kra/, [ˈvɔːlukrä]
- Short u is given by De Vaan and seems to be implied by Sen's explanation of the etymology.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]volū̆cra f (genitive volū̆crae); first declension
- A kind of worm or caterpillar that wraps itself up in vine-leaves
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | volū̆cra | volū̆crae |
| genitive | volū̆crae | volū̆crārum |
| dative | volū̆crae | volū̆crīs |
| accusative | volū̆cram | volū̆crās |
| ablative | volū̆crā | volū̆crīs |
| vocative | volū̆cra | volū̆crae |
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sen, Ranjan (2015) Syllable and Segment in Latin, Oxford University Press, pages 107, 116
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “volvō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 690: “Short -u- appears to be preserved in volucra / -is with its specialized meaning 'caterpillar' < *'wrapping itself up'.”
Further reading
[edit]- “volucra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- volucra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.