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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>vultur</b>: ([[volt]]-), ŭris ([[ante]]-[[class]]. collat. form of the<br /><b>I</b> 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]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[designation]] of a [[grasping]], [[avaricious]] [[person]], Sen. Ep. 95, 43; Mart. 6, 62, 4.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>vultŭr</b>¹² <b>(voltŭr)</b>, ŭris, m., vautour : Plin. 10, 19 ; Virg. En. 6, 597 &#124;&#124; [fig.] = rapace : Sen. Ep. 95, 43 ; Mart. 6, 62, 4.
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) [[vultur]]<sup>1</sup> ([[voltur]]), uris, m. ([[vello]]), der [[Geier]], [[Stoßvogel]], [[Raubvogel]], I) eig., Liv., Verg. u.a. – Sprichw., profert cornua [[vultur]], [[für]] [[etwas]] Unmögliches, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352. – II) übtr., [[Geier]], [[Nimmersatt]], v. räuberischen od. habgierigen Menschen, Sen. ep. 95, 43. Mart. 6, 62, 4.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=vultur vulturis N M :: vulture
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