Ido

Verb

voluntas

1. present of voluntar

Latin

Etymology

Derived from the old present participle stem *welont- + -(t)ās. Confer with volēns ‎(“willing”) and post-classical volentia ‎(“will”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /woˈlun.taːs/, [wɔˈɫʊn.taːs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /voˈlun.tas/

Noun

voluntās f ‎(genitive voluntātis); third declension

1. will, free will, choice
   • 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.44

     Si iterum experiri velint, se iterum paratum esse decertare; si pace uti velint, iniquum esse de stipendio recusare, quod sua voluntate ad id tempus pependerint.

     If they chose to make a second trial, he was ready to encounter them again; but if they chose to enjoy peace, it was unfair to refuse the tribute, which of their own free-will they had paid up to that time.

2. desire, inclination
3. disposition towards (something or someone)
4. favor, affection
5. last will, testament
6. goal, object, purpose, intention
7. signification, import

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• volō
• voluntāriē
• voluntārius

Descendants

References

• voluntas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• voluntas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• VOLUNTAS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “voluntas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • when life runs smoothly: in rebus prosperis et ad voluntatem fluentibus
    
  • to find favour with some one; to get into their good graces: benevolentiam, favorem, voluntatem alicuius sibi conciliare or colligere (ex aliqua re)
    
  • to look favourably upon; to support: propenso animo, studio esse or propensa voluntate esse in aliquem (opp. averso animo esse ab aliquo)
    
  • to accomodate oneself to another's wishes: se conformare, se accommodare ad alicuius voluntatem
    
  • to accomodate oneself to another's wishes: alicuius voluntati morem gerere
    
  • to become estranged, alienated from some one: voluntatemor animum alicuius a se abalienare, aliquem a se abalienare or alienare
    
  • to satisfy a person's wishes: voluntati alicuius satisfacere, obsequi
    
  • a good conscience: conscientia recta, recte facti (factorum), virtutis, bene actae vitae, rectae voluntatis
    
  • the last wishes of a deceased person: alicuius mortui voluntas (suprema)
    
  • the spirit of the law: sententia or voluntas legis
    
  • unpopularity: offensa populi voluntas
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1137