volucer

== Latin == === Alternative forms === volucris === Etymology === From volō, volāre (“to fly”). The masculine nominative singular form is derived by syncope from pre-Latin *wolukris, which probably developed by dissimilation from earlier *woluklis or *weluklis, with a suffix ultimately derived from pre-Proto-Italic *-tlis, *-tl-, a variant of the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr (suffix forming agent nouns), related to Latin -tor. Compare alacer and alacris. However, De Vaan regards the origin of the *-kris ending as uncertain. Although the stem of the verb volō (“to fly”) is volā-, this adjective is built on a stem volu- with a short /u/, which De Vaan considers unexplained. Sen argues that the stem *welu- was taken from volucra (“larva of a moth that infests vines”), a derivative of volvō (“to (cause to) roll”), based on semantic and formal similarity. There is no consensus on the ultimate etymology of volō (“to fly”), but one hypothesis is that it comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”); assuming this initial *gʷ- is correct, Weiss 2009 reconstructs an earlier stage as *gʷolu-tlis, comparing it to Sanskrit गरुड (garuḍá) (which Weiss derives from earlier *garutráḥ), and Schrijver compares it to Sanskrit गरुत्मान् (garutmān). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɔ.ɫʊ.kɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɔː.lu.t͡ʃer] === Adjective === volucer (feminine volucris, neuter volucre, adverb volucriter); third-declension three-termination adjective winged 29 bc. Vergil. Georgics, III omne adeo genvs in terris hominvmqve ferarvmqveet genvs æqvorevm pecvdes pictæqve volvcresin fvrias ignemqve rvvnt So far does every species on earth of man and beast,whether the aquatic species, livestock, or painted-winged,collapse into the frenzies and the fire [of sex]. flying; able to fly ==== Declension ==== Third-declension three-termination adjective or third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “volucer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “volucer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “volucer”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.