volucris Latin · revision 10047

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=la volō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwɔ.ɫʊ.krɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈvɔː.lu.kris]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''volucris''' ''f'' (genitive volucris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also masculine ''volucer''; genitive plural ''volucrum'', and ''volucrium'' in Varro and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the noun use of [[volucer]] “winged, flying”, from [[volō]] “to fly”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reports the derivation of ⟨volō⟩ “to fly” from [[ine-pro|*gʷelh₁-|t=to throw]], originally perhaps “to raise the arm”, as possible but uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Lucretius, and Köbler's earliest source is Cicero.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a winged creature, a bird, as in Lucretius and Cicero, ''volucris Iūnōnis'' was the peacock, as in Ovid.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means fowl, bird.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for any flying creature, insect or bird.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of the peacock.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|bird]], winged creature.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[volucer]]

+ * [[volō]]

+ * [[avis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}