Turius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ri.us/, [ˈt̪ʊriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ri.us/, [ˈt̪uːrius]

Proper noun

Turius m sg (genitive Turiī or Turī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Turius, a Roman orator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Turius
genitive	Turiī Turī1
dative	Turiō
accusative	Turium
ablative	Turiō
vocative	Turī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Turiānus

References

• “Turius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Turius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Turius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray