Volumnius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Volumnĭus, i, m.; Volumnĭa, ae, f.,

I the name of a Roman gens.

1 P. Volumnius, a Roman consul , Liv. 3, 10.—

2 L. Volumnius, a consul , who conquered the Samnites , Liv. 9, 42; 10, 18 sq.—

II Volumnia.

1 The wife of Coriolanus , Liv. 2, 40. —

2 A freed-woman , mistress of M. Antonius , Cic. Phil. 2, 24; otherwise called Cytheris, v. Cytheris.

VII —Hence, Volumnĭā-nus , a, um, adj., of or named from Volumnius : exercitus, Liv. 19, 12.