noun · masculinethird declension
vultur
vultur m (genitive vulturis)
Classical[ˈwʊɫ.tʊr]Ecclesiastical[ˈvul.tur]
Meaning
- masculinevulture
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
avis quae cadāvera editvultur -uris (m) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 16
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vultur | vulturēs volturēs |
| genitive | vulturis volturis | vulturum volturum |
| dative | vulturī volturī | vulturibus volturibus |
| accusative | vulturem volturem | vulturēs volturēs |
| ablative | vulture volture | vulturibus volturibus |
| vocative | vultur | vulturēs volturēs |
vultur (volt-), ŭris (ante-class. collat. form of the
I. nom. sing. vultŭrus (volt-), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 120 P.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 683 ib.; and id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 597, or Ann. v. 141 Vahl.), m., a vulture.
I. Lit., Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19; Liv. 41, 21; Verg. A. 6, 597.—As a bird of omen, Liv. 1, 7, 1. —Prov.:
vultur profert cornua, for something impossible, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.— Vultur (Volt-), ŭris, m.,
I. a mountain in Apulia, near Venusia, now Monle Vulture, Hor. C. 3, 4, 9; Luc. 9, 185.—Hence, Vulturnus (Volt-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Vultur:
ventus, a southeastby-one-third-south wind, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 3; Col. 5, 5, 15; 11, 2, 65; Gell. 2, 22, 11; App. de Mundo, p. 63, 14.Origins
Perhaps from the same source as vellere (“to tear, pluck”), but the ending is unclear. De Vaan, despite noting Muller's observation of it maybe being a rhyming word with turtur (“dove”), expresses doubt about a hypothetical proto-form *u̯elH-tor-.
Descendants
- Catalanvoltor
- Englishvulture
- Frenchvautour
- Italianavvoltoio
- Italianavvoltore
- Italianvoltore
- Italianvultore
- Italianvulture
- Occitanvoltre
- Occitanvoltor
In English words that came into English from vultur
- vulturevultur
- vulturinevulturinus