LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

volāticus

volāticus (feminine volātica, neuter volāticum)
Classical[wɔˈɫaː.tɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[voˈlaː.ti.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivewinged, flying
  2. adjectiveflighty, inconstant

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevolāticusvolāticavolāticum
genitivevolāticīvolāticaevolāticī
dativevolāticōvolāticaevolāticō
accusativevolāticumvolāticamvolāticum
ablativevolāticōvolāticāvolāticō
vocativevolāticevolāticavolāticum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevolāticīvolāticaevolātica
genitivevolāticōrumvolāticārumvolāticōrum
dativevolāticīsvolāticīsvolāticīs
accusativevolāticōsvolāticāsvolātica
ablativevolāticīsvolāticīsvolāticīs
vocativevolāticīvolāticaevolātica

vŏlātĭcus, a, um, adj. 2. volo,
I. flying, winged.
I. Lit.: homines, Plaut. Poen. 2, 27 sq.: Pegasus, App. M. 8, p. 208, 32.—
II. Transf.
A. Fleeting, flighty, volatile, inconstant, transitory: o Academiam volaticam et sui similem, modo huc, modo illuc! Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3: volaticum esse ac levem, Sen. Ep. 42, 5: Psyche (with fugitiva), App. M. 5, p. 172 fin.: gaudium, Tert. Poen. 11: desideria formae (with temporalia), id. ad Uxor. 1, 4.—
B. Fickle, turning from one to another: suspicari illius furentis et volaticos impetus in se ipsos posse converti, Cic. Har. Resp. 22, 46.—
C. As subst.: vŏlātĭca, ae, f.
1. A witch, sorceress, acc. to Fest. s. v. strigem, p. 314 Müll. —
2. Witchcraft, sorcery, Tert. Pall. 6.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-influ. Proto-Italic *welō Latin volō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin volāticus From volō (“fly”) + -āticus.

Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanvolatge
  • Occitanvolatge
Italo-Romance
  • Italianvolatico
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchvolage
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianvuladga
  • Emilianvaludegh
  • Friulianvoladie
  • Lombardvoladega
  • Lombardoradega
  • Lombardoladega
Insular Romance
  • Logudoresevoladiga
  • Nuoresevolatica

In English words that came into English from volāticus

  • volagevolāticus

Quick answers

What does volāticus mean in Latin?
volāticus, a adjective, means “winged, flying; flighty, inconstant”.
How do you pronounce volāticus?
In classical Latin, [wɔˈɫaː.tɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [voˈlaː.ti.kus].