voltus

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwʊɫ.tʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvul̪.t̪us]

Noun

voltus m (genitive voltūs); fourth declension

alternative form of vultus (“face, appearance, expression”)
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.209:
  spem voltū simulat
  with [his] appearance he feigns hope
  (Aeneas “puts on a brave face” to encourage his men after the disastrous storm.)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	voltus	voltūs
genitive	voltūs	voltuum
dative	voltuī	voltibus
accusative	voltum	voltūs
ablative	voltū	voltibus
vocative	voltus	voltūs

Further reading

“voltus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“voltus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“voltus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
voltus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3544