Vulturnus

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Vulturnus or vulturnus (“southwest wind”). === Proper noun === Vulturnus m A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain leafhoppers. === See also === Vulturnus (leafhopper) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Vulturnus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wʊɫˈtʊr.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vulˈtur.nus] === Etymology 1 === From volvere (“to roll”). ==== Alternative forms ==== Volturnus ==== Proper noun ==== Vulturnus m sg (genitive Vulturnī); second declension a river in Campania, now the Volturno ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun, singular only. ===== Related terms ===== Vulturnum ==== Adjective ==== Vulturnus (feminine Vulturna, neuter Vulturnum); first/second-declension adjective of or belonging to the river which is now the Volturno; Vulturnian ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === Etymology 2 === Probably ultimately related to vertō; earlier likely an Etruscan deity, perhaps also the namesake of the city Volturnum, now Capua. ==== Proper noun ==== Vulturnus m sg (genitive Vulturnī); second declension A Roman divinity, one of the dī indigetēs, served by the flāmen vulturnālis; perhaps the same as Vertumnus ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun, singular only. ===== Derived terms ===== Vulturnālis, Volturnālis Vulturnālia === Etymology 3 === From Vultur, name of a mountain in Apulia southeast of Rome, possibly related to vultur (“vulture”). ==== Alternative forms ==== vulturnus ==== Proper noun ==== Vulturnus m (genitive Vulturnī); second declension The south-east wind or the east wind, depending on the source (rare) the south-east, or east direction, depending on the source ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== See vulturnus. === References === “Vulturnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Vulturnus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN Mestica (1998): Diccionario Akal de mitología universal