volucer Latin · revision 31503

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=la volō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''volucer''' (feminine volucris, neuter volucre, adverb volucriter); third-declension three-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Petronius has a feminine nominative ''volucer'' and Silius a masculine ''volucris'';^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero, quoted by Charisius, has the genitive plural ''volucrium''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[volō|t=to fly]], with an ending like that of [[alacer]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary takes the nominative to be syncopated from ⟨*wolukris⟩, earlier ⟨*woluklis⟩;^(Wiktionary) de Vaan reports Walde–Hofmann's old ⟨l⟩-stem ⟨*voluclis⟩ but finds the ⟨u⟩ unexplained.^(de Vaan 2008) He also notes Muller's derivation of ⟨volō⟩ from [[ine-pro|*gʷelh₁-|t=to raise the arm, throw]], which Walde–Hofmann reject.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Naevius.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD quotes a tragedy of Livius Andronicus, of a sword-belt's folds blown by the wind, and Lucilius' winged snakes.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is able to fly or flying, of creatures, of missiles, as Virgil's swift arrow drawn from the quiver, of things carried by the wind, and of heavenly phenomena.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It is also travelling as swift as flight, winged, as Pacuvius' flying chariot, and of movement swift or rapid, as Lucretius' images borne with such quick lightness.^(OLD 2012) Of things that pass quickly it is fleeting or transitory, as Lucretius' clouds that colour places with their passing light.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “flying”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus of folds carried by the wind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 235–200 BC – In Naevius.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius of a winged chariot.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius of winged snakes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of swift images and fleeting clouds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Able to fly, flying, [[m|en|winged]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Swift as flight, rapid.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Passing quickly, [[m|en|fleeting]], transitory.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[volucripēs]]

+ * [[volucritās]]

+ * [[volucriter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[volō]]

+ * [[volucris]]

+ * [[alacer]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}