vulturius

== Latin == === Alternative forms === volturius === Etymology === Originally an adjective, from vultur / voltur +‎ -ius; most likely related to vello. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wʊɫˈtʊ.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vulˈtuː.ri.us] === Noun === vulturius m (genitive vulturiī or vulturī); second declension vulture Synonym: vultur (figurative) a rapacious person (dice games) Ellipsis of vulturius iactus: an unlucky throw ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “vulturius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vulturius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.