noun · neuterthird declension
volūmen
volūmen n (genitive volūminis)
Classical[wɔˈɫuː.mɛn]Ecclesiastical[voˈluː.men]
Meaning
- book, volume, roll, scroll
Illud autem vidē nē ista lēctiō auctōrum multōrum et omnīs generīs volūminum habeat aliquid vagum et īnstabile.
But see to it that this reading of many authors and all kinds of books does not have something aimless and unstable [in it].c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.2.2 - revolution, turn
- poeticfold, coil, roll, whirl, band
“[...] pars cētera pontum pōne legit, sinuatque immēnsa volūmine terga.” “[Describing the two sea serpents:] the other part [of their bodies] skims the sea behind [them], and bends in a coil [their] immense backs.” – Aeneas
29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.207–208
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | volūmen | volūmina |
| genitive | volūminis | volūminum |
| dative | volūminī | volūminibus |
| accusative | volūmen volūminem | volūmina |
| ablative | volūmine | volūminibus |
| vocative | volūmen | volūmina |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- volumen explicare
- to open a book.
vŏlūmen, ĭnis, n. volvo; a thing that is rolled or wound up; hence,
I. A roll of writing, a roll, book, volume (the predom. signif. of the word; cf.:
codex, liber): volumen plenum querelae iniquissimae, Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 2: tuis oraculis Chrysippus totum volumen implevit, id. Div. 2, 56, 115: volumen explicare, id. Rosc. Am. 35, 101: caeleste Epicuri de regulā et judicio, id. N. D. 1, 16, 43: evolvere volumen, id. Att. 9, 10, 4: hic plura persequi magnitudo voluminis prohibet, Nep. praef. § 8: illa uberius volumine amplecti, Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 1.— Plur.: evolvere volumina, Quint. 2, 15, 24: volumina ἀποφθεγμάτων, Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4: pontificum libros, annosa volumina vatum, etc., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 26: signata volumina, id. ib. 1, 13, 2; Dig. 32, 1, 52.—B. In partic., like liber, of a separate portion of a work, a part, book:
quoniam duobus superioribus (libris) de morte et de dolore dictum est, tertius dies disputationis hoc tertium volumen efficiet, Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 6: sedecim volumina epistularum ad Atticum missarum, Nep. Att. 16, 3; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 27; Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 171; Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 5; Col. 3, 21, 11; Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 19 al.—II. A roll, whirl, wreath, fold, eddy, etc. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
(anguis) sinuat immensa volumine terga, Verg. A. 2, 208; cf. id. ib. 5, 85; 11, 753; Ov. M. 4, 599; 15, 721: crurum (equi), bendings, joints, Verg. G. 3, 192: fumi, wreath, whirl, Ov. M. 13, 601; Luc. 3, 505: undae, id. 5, 565: siderum, revolution, Ov. M. 2, 71.—* B. Trop., revolution, alteration, change:
sortis humanae volumina, Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 147.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
volūmen inis, n
3 VOL-, that which is rolled, a coil, whirl, wreath, fold, eddy: (anguis) sinuat inmensa volumine terga, V.: duo (dracones) iuncto volumine serpunt, O.: crurum (equi), joints, V.: fumi, wreath, O.: siderum, revolution, O.—A roll of writing, roll, book, volume: volumen plenum querelae iniquissimae: explicet volumen: evolvere volumen: hic plura persequi magnitudo voluminis prohibet, N.: annosa volumina vatum, H.—A division of a work, book, chapter, part: hoc tertium volumen: sedecim volumina epistularum, N.: mutatae tu quinque volumina formae, i. e. the Metamorphoses, O.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *welūmən, from Proto-Indo-European *wéluHmn̥. Cognate to Ancient Greek εἴλυμα (eíluma, “wrapper”) and Old Armenian գելումն (gelumn, “twist”). Synchronically analyzable as volvō (“roll, turn about”) + -men (noun-forming suffix); hence literally "a thing that is rolled".
Descendants
- Catalanvolum
- Italianvolume
- Frenchvolumefrom Old French volume
- Englishvolumefrom Old French volume
- Spanishvolumen
- Spanishvolumbre
- Portuguesevolume
- Asturianvalume
- Asturianvolume
- Albanianvëllim