tursio

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.si.oː/, [ˈt̪ʊrs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.si.o/, [ˈt̪ursio]

Noun

tursiō m (genitive tursiōnis); third declension

1. A kind of dolphin, perhaps the porpoise

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tursiō	tursiōnēs
Genitive	tursiōnis	tursiōnum
Dative	tursiōnī	tursiōnibus
Accusative	tursiōnem	tursiōnēs
Ablative	tursiōne	tursiōnibus
Vocative	tursiō	tursiōnēs

References

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