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voltum

voltum is a Latin form of vultus, meaning “face, expression, looks”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 45 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio 29: … lli audiebant de eo de quo iurati sententias ferre debebant, de eo cuius praesentis nefarium et consceleratum voltum intuebantur, de eo quem omnes oderant propter audaciam, de eo quem omni supplicio dignum esse ducebant; audie …

Livy, Ab urbe condita 6.13.2: clamore tantum missilibusque telis et primo pugnae impetu ferox gladios et conlatum pedem et uoltum hostis ardore animi micantem ferre non potuit.

All forms of vultus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.