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surena

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See also: sureña and suRena

Latin

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Etymology

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Unknown.[1] Maybe related to Ancient Greek σαυρωτήρ (saurōtḗr, ferrule, spike) or to Latin surus (branch).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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surēna f (genitive surēnae); first declension

  1. A kind of shell

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative surēna surēnae
genitive surēnae surēnārum
dative surēnae surēnīs
accusative surēnam surēnās
ablative surēnā surēnīs
vocative surēna surēnae

References

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  • surena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • surena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “surena”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 635