noun · neuterthird declension
vulnus
vulnus n (genitive vulneris)
Classical[ˈwʊɫ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈvul.nus]
№ 327 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- neuterwound, injury
- figurativelyneuterblow
Near-synonym: colaphus
- neuterincision
- neutermisfortune, calamity, disaster
- neutera loss in a battle
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quod ferrum in corpore facit; ex vulnere sanguis fluit.vulnus -eris n — in Mille Verba, Bellum et Arma
quod ferrum in corpore facitvulnus -eris (n) — in Metamorphoses I, †
wound
vulnus -eris — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 1, 8, 10, 12, 13, 23
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Vulnus · Plaga · Ulcus · Cicatrix · Saucius
1. Vulnus and plaga denote a wound from without; vulnus (from lanius?) by means of a weapon, or other cutting instrument; plaga, by means of any instrument carried with intention to injure; whereas ulcus (ἄλοξ, ὦλξ) means any open or sore place in the body, that has begun to fester, etc.; cicatrix, the scar that is left when a wound is healed. Suet. Vit. 10. Verbera et plagas, sæpe vulnera, nonnunquam necem repræsentantes adversantibus. Plin. H. N. xvi. 12. Cels. viii. 4. 2. Vulneratus means wounded in general; saucius, so wounded as to be unfit for fighting, and is the proper expression for those that are wounded in battle. Cic. Verr. i. 27. Servi nonnulli vulnerantur; ipse Rubrius sauciatur. (iv. 255.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vulnus volnus | vulnera volnera |
| genitive | vulneris volneris | vulnerum volnerum |
| dative | vulnerī volnerī | vulneribus volneribus |
| accusative | vulnus volnus | vulnera volnera |
| ablative | vulnere volnere | vulneribus volneribus |
| vocative | vulnus volnus | vulnera volnera |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- vulneribus confectus
- weakened by wounds.
- vulnus infligere alicui
- to wound a person (also used metaphorically).
- ex vulnere mori (Fam. 10. 33)
- to die of wounds.
- vulnera adverso corpore accepta
- wounds (scars) on the breast.
- refricare vulnus, cicatricem obductam
- to open an old wound.
- vulnera (cicatrices) adversa (opp. aversa)
- wounds (scars) on the breast.
- vulnus (grave, mortiferum) accipere, excipere
- to be (seriously, mortally) wounded.
- multis et illatis et acceptis vulneribus (B. G. 1. 50)
- after many had been wounded on both sides.
1 more phrases
- victoria multo sanguine ac vulneribus stetit (Liv. 23. 30)
- the victory cost much blood and many wounds, was very dearly bought.
vulnus (voln-), ĕris, n. root vul-; cf. vultur; akin to vello,
I. a wound (cf.: ictus, cicatrix).
I. Lit.:
cave faxit volnus tibi jam, Plaut. Truc. 5, 51: qui abstergerem volnera? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 9: vulnus in latere, Cic. Mil. 24, 65: multis et illatis et acceptis vulneribus, Caes. B. G. 1, 50; so, inferre, id. B. C. 2, 6: accipere, id. B. G. 1, 48: claudicare ex vulnere ob rem publicam accepto, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249: sustinere, Caes. B. C. 1, 45: excipere, Cic. Sest. 10, 23: alicui infligere, id. Phil. 2, 21, 52: vulneribus defessus, Caes. B. G. 1, 25: gravi vulnere ictus, Liv. 2, 47, 2: vulneribus confectus, id. 24, 26, 14: ego factum modo vulnus habebo, Ov. Am. 1, 2, 30: facile ex volnere est recreatus, Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154.—B. Transf., of things, a wound, i. e. a hole, cut, incision, notch, rent, crack (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
vulneribus donec paulatim evicta (ornus) supremum Congemuit, Verg. A. 2, 630; cf. Ov. M. 9, 383; 14, 392; Juv. 6, 247; Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 142: aratri, Ov. M. 2, 286.—II. Trop., a wound, blow, misfortune, calamity, defeat:
fortunae gravissimo percussus vulnere, Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 4; Luc. 8, 72: hoc tam gravi vulnere etiam illa, quae consanuisse videbantur, recrudescunt, Cic. Fam. 4, 6, 2: quae hic rei publicae vulnera imponebat, eadem ille sanabat, id. Fin. 4, 24, 66: vulnera imposita provinciae sanare, id. Att. 5, 17, 6: inusta rei publicae (with scelera), id. Sest. 7, 17: non vulnus super vulnus, sed multiplex clades, Liv. 22, 54, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.—Esp., in the phrase vulnus accipere, to be defeated, to suffer great loss, Just. 1, 8, 10; 2, 11, 19; cf. id. 42, 4, 10.— Of pain, grief, sorrow, Lucr. 2, 639; Verg. A. 12, 160; Ov. M. 5, 426.—Of the wounds of love, Lucr. 1, 34; Prop. 2, 22 (3, 15), 7; 2, 25 (3, 20), 46; Verg. A. 4, 2; Hor. C. 1, 27, 12; id. Epod. 11, 17: dulcia vulnera sagittae, App. M. 4, p. 156, 29.Origins
From Proto-Italic *welanos, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to hit”). Cognate with Latin vellō.
Descendants
- Italianvulno
- Italianvulnus
- Englishvulnus