Nursia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Nurtia

Etymology

Of non-Latin origin, possibly Etruscan 𐌍𐌖𐌓𐌆𐌉𐌖 (nurziu, “happiness”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnur.si.a/, [ˈnʊrs̠iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnur.si.a/, [ˈnursiä]

Proper noun

Nursia f sg (genitive Nursiae); first declension

1. A Sabine city, the modern Norcia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nursia
Genitive	Nursiae
Dative	Nursiae
Accusative	Nursiam
Ablative	Nursiā
Vocative	Nursia
Locative	Nursiae

Derived terms

• Nursīnī
• Nursīnus

References

• “Nursia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Nursia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Mémoires de la Société impériale des antiquaires de France, Volumes 26-27, p. 152