Volsinii

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Italian[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Volsinii ?

  1. an ancient Etruscan town near modern Bolsena

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Etruscan 𐌖𐌄𐌋𐌆𐌍𐌀 (uelzna), 𐌖𐌄𐌋𐌖𐌔𐌍𐌀 (uelusna). Found in Greek as Ὀυολσίνιοι (Ouolsínioi) (Strabo) and Ὀυολσίνιον (Ouolsínion) (Ptolemy).

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Proper noun[edit]

Volsiniī m pl (genitive Volsiniōrum); second declension

  1. Volsinii (ancient Etruscan city)
  2. Bolsena (city in Italy, a successor to the Etruscan city)

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Volsiniī
Genitive Volsiniōrum
Dative Volsiniīs
Accusative Volsiniōs
Ablative Volsiniīs
Vocative Volsiniī
Locative Volsiniīs

References[edit]

  • “Volsinii”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Volsinii in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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