Lemma 1vŏlūntās

nounfeminine

will, desire; purpose; good will; wish, favor, consent

Morphology2 analyses

nominative singularuoluntas · regular

vocative singularuoluntas · regular

Lewis & Short

key · uoluntasFull entry

vŏluntas, ātis, f. [1. volo]

I.will, freewill, wish, choice, desire, inclination.

II.Lit.

A.In gen.: simul objecta species cujuspiam est, quod bonum videatur, ad id adipiscendum impellit ipsa natura: id cum constanter prudenterque fit, ejusmodi appetitionem Stoici appellant, nos appellamus voluntatem. — Plur.

2.Adverbial phrases.

a.Suā (alicujus) voluntate, or simply voluntate, of one's own will, of one's own accord, willingly, voluntarily cf.: dictus filius tuos vostrā voluntate. — Alone.

b.Ad voluntatem, de, ex voluntate, according to the will, with the consent, at the desire of any one.

B.In partic.

1.Disposition towards a person or thing, good or bad. — And with bona: non nudum cum bonā voluntate, sed cum facultatibus accedere ad patriae auxilium, Planc. ap.

2.More freq. voluntas alone = bona voluntas, good-will, favor, affection (syn. benignitas).

3.A last will, testament.

4.An object, purpose.

III.Transf. (acc. to 1. volo, I. E. 4. b.), of speech, meaning, sense, signification, import only post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Quint.; (opp. verba)