vultus

• voltus

From Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”), see also Tocharian B yel- ‘to examine’ and Welsh gweld.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwul.tus/, [ˈwʊɫ.tʊs]

vultus m (genitive vultūs); fourth declension

1. expression, appearance
2. (anatomy) face

vultus

1. vocative singular of vultus

vultūs

1. genitive singular of vultus
2. nominative plural of vultus
3. accusative plural of vultus
4. vocative plural of vultus

Fourth declension.

• (face): faciēs, os

• Italian: volto
• Occitan: vòlt
• Old French: volt
• Portuguese: vulto
• Spanish: bulto, vulto

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1136
• vultus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vultus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• vultus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • his eyes are always fixed on some one's face: oculi in vultu alicuius habitant
    
  • to dissemble, disguise one's feelings: vultum fingere
    
  • a feigned expression: vultus ficti simulatique
    
  • to put on a stern air: vultum componere ad severitatem
    
  • to keep one's countenance, remain impassive: vultum non mutare