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voltŭōsus, voltur, etc., v. vult-.

Volturnus, i, v. Vulturnus.

1. vultur (volt-), ŭris (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. vultŭrus (volt-), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 120 P.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 683 ib.; and id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 597, or Ann. v. 141 Vahl.), m., a vulture.

  1. I. Lit., Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19; Liv. 41, 21; Verg. A. 6, 597.
    As a bird of omen, Liv. 1, 7, 1.
    Prov.: vultur profert cornua, for something impossible, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.
  2. II. Transf., a designation of a grasping, avaricious person, Sen. Ep. 95, 43; Mart. 6, 62, 4.

2. Vultur (Volt-), ŭris, m., a mountain in Apulia, near Venusia, now Monle Vulture, Hor. C. 3, 4, 9; Luc. 9, 185.
Hence, Vulturnus (Volt-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Vultur: ventus, a southeastby-one-third-south wind, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 3; Col. 5, 5, 15; 11, 2, 65; Gell. 2, 22, 11; App. de Mundo, p. 63, 14.

Vulturcĭus (Volt-), i, m., one of the fellow-conspirators of Catiline, Cic. Cat. 3, 2 sq.; Sall. C. 44, 4.

vultŭrīnus (volt-), a, um, adj. [1. vultur], of or belonging to a vulture, vulture-like, vulturine: fel, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 123: sanguis, id. 30, 4, 10, § 30: collum, Mart. 9, 28, 2: species, the form of a vulture, Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8.

vultŭrĭus (volt-), ii, m. [1. vultur], a vulture, bird of prey.

  1. I. Lit., Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 16; id. Most. 3, 2, 146 sqq.; Lucr. 4, 680; Liv. 27, 23, 3; 27, 11, 4; 41, 21, 7.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A vulture; a designation for a rapacious or covetous person, an extortioner, and the like: sunt alii qui te volturium vocant, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 64: vulturius illius provinciae imperator, Cic. Pis. 16, 38; Cat. 68, 124.
    2. B. An unlucky throw at dice: jacit vulturios quattuor. Talos arripio: jacto basilicum, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 78.

Vulturnālis (Volt-), e, adj., of or belonging to the god Vulturnus (perh. the same as Vertumnus).

  1. I. Adj.: flamen, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 45 Müll. (Ann. v. 125 Vahl.).
  2. II. Subst.: Vulturnālia, ĭum, n., the festival of Vulturnus, acc. to Fest. p. 379 Müll.

Vulturnum (Volt-), i, n., a town in Campania, on the river Vulturnus, now Castel Volturno, Liv. 25, 20; 34, 45.

1. Vulturnus (Volt-), i, m., a river in Campania, the mod. Volturno, Liv. 8, 11; Verg. A. 7, 729 al.
Hence, Vulturnus (Volt-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Vulturnus, Vulturnian: vada, Sil. 12, 521: amnis, Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 194: oppidum, id. 3, 5, 9, § 61.

vultŭrus (volt-), v. 1. vultur init.