volubilis

See also: Volubilis

Latin

Etymology

From volvo (“I turn around, I roll”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /woˈluː.bi.lis/, [wɔˈɫuː.bɪ.lɪs]

Adjective

volūbilis (neuter volūbile); third declension

  1. that turns itself around, turning, spinning, whirling, rolling, revolving
  2. (figuratively, of speech) rapid, fluent, voluble
  3. (figuratively, of fate) changeable, mutable

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative volūbilis volūbile volūbilēs volūbilia
genitive volūbilis volūbilium
dative volūbilī volūbilibus
accusative volūbilem volūbile volūbilēs, volūbilīs volūbilia
ablative volūbilī volūbilibus
vocative volūbilis volūbile volūbilēs volūbilia

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • volubilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • volubilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • volubilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • volubilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • volubilis in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • volubilis in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
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