Felsina

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Etruscan 𐌚𐌄𐌋𐌔𐌍𐌀 (felsna) or 𐌅𐌄𐌋𐌆𐌍𐌀 (velzna), with the original meaning of “hospitable place”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfel.si.na/, [ˈfɛɫ̪s̠ɪnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfel.si.na/, [ˈfɛlsinä]

Proper noun

Felsina f sg (genitive Felsinae); first declension

1. the Etruscan name for Bononia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Felsina
genitive	Felsinae
dative	Felsinae
accusative	Felsinam
ablative	Felsinā
vocative	Felsina
locative	Felsinae

References

• “Felsina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Felsina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.