volgus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ol.ɡus/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪ɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvol.ɡus/, [ˈvɔlɡus]

Noun

volgus n sg or m sg (genitive volgī); second declension

1. Alternative form of vulgus

Declension

Second declension noun (usually neuter with nominative/accusative/vocative in -us).

	singular
nominative	volgus
genitive	volgī
dative	volgō
accusative	volgus volgum
ablative	volgō
vocative	volgus volge

Second declension neuter, nominative/accusative/vocative in -us. Also rarely encountered as a regular masculine second declension noun.

There is also the heteroclitic ablative singular volgū.

References

• “volgus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers