Vulturnus¹

Meaning

1. masculinesingulara river in Campania, now the Volturno

Declension

Origins

From volvere (“to roll”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Meaning

1. adjectiveof or belonging to the river which is now the Volturno; Vulturnian

Declension

Origins

From volvere (“to roll”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Meaning

1. masculineThe south-east wind or the east wind, depending on the source
   Venti fiunt ex aeris motu et inclinatione. Sunt autem generales quattuor: eurus, idem apheliotes, idem vulturnus ab oriente; ab occidente zephyrus, idem corus, idem favonius; aquilo, idem boreas, aparctias idem, a septentrione; notus, idem libs et auster et africus a meridie.Winds are caused by the motion and direction of air. Principally there are four winds, Eurus, that is Apheliotes or Vulturnus from the east; from the west, Zephyrus, or Corus or Favonius; Aquilo, or Boreas or Aparctias from the north; and Notus, that is Lips, Auster or Africus from the south.3rd century CE, Lucius Ampelius, Liber Memorialis 5
   Sunt ergo bini in quattuor caeli partibus, ab oriente aequinoctiali subsolanus, ab oriente brumali vulturnus.Then each quarter of the sky is taken in half, so that [from the north-east, where the sun rises] by summer comes Subsolanus, from [the south-east where the sun rises] by winter comes Vulturnus.Pliny Maior, Naturalis Historiae 2.119
2. masculinerarethe south-east, or east direction, depending on the source
   Aeream aquilam quae in vertice palatii a Karolo magno acsi volans fixa erat, in vulturnum converterunt. Nam Germani eam in favonium converterant, subtiliter significantes Gallos suo equitatu quandoque posse devinci.They rotated the bronze eagle into the East Wind, which had been fixed at the top of the palace by Charlemagne as though aloft. For the Germans had turned it into the West Wind keenly to remind the French they could be beaten anytime by their cavalry.c. 995 CE, Richerus, Historiarum Libri Quatuor 3.71

Declension

Origins

From Vultur, name of a mountain in Apulia southeast of Rome, possibly related to vultur (“vulture”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Meaning

1. masculinesingularA Roman divinity, one of the dī indigetēs, served by the flāmen vulturnālis; perhaps the same as Vertumnus

Declension

Origins

Probably ultimately related to vertō; earlier likely an Etruscan deity, perhaps also the namesake of the city Volturnum, now Capua.