Zurazi

Latin

Alternative forms

• Zuracī, Zurachī (manuscript variants)

Etymology

Unknown, presumably from pre-Classical Arabic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /zuˈraz.ziː/, [d̪͡z̪ʊˈräz̪d̪͡z̪iː]

Proper noun

Zurazī m pl (genitive Zurazōrum); second declension

1. (hapax) An Arabian tribe mentioned by Pliny
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.32.148:

     insula Ascliae, gentes Nochaeti, Zurazi, Borgodi, Catharraei, Nomades, flumen Cynos

     We then come to the island of Asclie, and the nations of the Nocheti, the Zurazi, the Borgodi, the Catharrei, the Nomades, and then the river Cynos.

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Zurazī
genitive	Zurazōrum
dative	Zurazīs
accusative	Zurazōs
ablative	Zurazīs
vocative	Zurazī

References

• Zurazi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.