surena
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Unknown.[1] Maybe related to Ancient Greek σαυρωτήρ (saurōtḗr, “ferrule, spike”) or to Latin surus (“branch”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /suˈreː.na/, [s̠ʊˈreːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /suˈre.na/, [suˈrɛːnä]
Noun edit
surēna f (genitive surēnae); first declension
- A kind of shell
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | surēna | surēnae |
| Genitive | surēnae | surēnārum |
| Dative | surēnae | surēnīs |
| Accusative | surēnam | surēnās |
| Ablative | surēnā | surēnīs |
| Vocative | surēna | surēnae |
References edit
- “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.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “surena”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 635