LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

volup1

volup (not comparable)
Classical[ˈwɔ.ɫʊp]Ecclesiastical[ˈvɔː.lup]

Meaning

  1. not comparablepleasantly, agreeably, satisfactorily
  2. not comparablewith pleasure

vŏlŭp (incorrectly vŏlŭpē in some edd.; cf. Opusc. Phil. 2, p. 450 sqq. Ritschl), adv. shortened for volupis; Gr. ἐλπίς; cf. voluptas,
I. agreeably, delightfully, satisfactorily, to one's satisfaction, etc. (opp. aegre; ante-class.): si illis aegre est mihi quod volup est, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 152: si quid clam uxorem suo animo fecit volup, id. As. grex, 1: scio, ut tibi ex me sit volup, id. Men. 4, 3, 3; id. Most. 1, 2, 74: gaudeo et volup est mihi, id. Am. 3, 3, 3: volup est (like aegre est), id. Poen. 5, 5, 47; id. Mil. 2, 3, 6; 4, 5, 12; id. Poen. 5, 4, 20; id. Rud. 4, 1, 1; 4, 4, 132; id. Stich. 4, 1, 2; id. Truc. 4, 1, 6; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 5 Don.; id. Hec. 5, 4, 17.

Origins

Shortened from Old Latin *volupe, from Proto-Indo-European *wolp-i (“hope”, noun) with an anaptyctic vowel inserted between the l and p, from *welp- (“to hope”), whence Ancient Greek ἔλπω (élpō, “to cause to hope”). The root *welp- has been alternately constructed by Hamp as *welh₁p-, and taken as a compound of *welh₁- (“to wish, want”) + *h₁ep- (“to reach, get”), literally “desire reaching, attaining one's wish”. While this is formally possible and semantically reasonable, the rather strange shape of the formation, lack of other evidence for said formation, as well as *h₁ep- usually being reconstructed as *h₂ep-, casts this reconstruction in doubt.

In English words that came into English from volup

  • voluptuousvoluptuōsus
  • voluptuaryvoluptuārius
volup2
volup (+ dative)
Classical[ˈwɔ.ɫʊp]Ecclesiastical[ˈvɔː.lup]

Meaning

  1. with dativea pleasure to, a pleasure of
    gaudeo si quid patri volup estI'm happy if something is a pleasure to the father.c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitruo 993

Origins

Shortened from Old Latin *volupe, from Proto-Indo-European *wolp-i (“hope”, noun) with an anaptyctic vowel inserted between the l and p, from *welp- (“to hope”), whence Ancient Greek ἔλπω (élpō, “to cause to hope”). The root *welp- has been alternately constructed by Hamp as *welh₁p-, and taken as a compound of *welh₁- (“to wish, want”) + *h₁ep- (“to reach, get”), literally “desire reaching, attaining one's wish”. While this is formally possible and semantically reasonable, the rather strange shape of the formation, lack of other evidence for said formation, as well as *h₁ep- usually being reconstructed as *h₂ep-, casts this reconstruction in doubt.

Quick answers

What does volup mean in Latin?
volup, a adverb, means “pleasantly, agreeably, satisfactorily; with pleasure”.
How do you pronounce volup?
In classical Latin, [ˈwɔ.ɫʊp]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈvɔː.lup].