Interlingua edit

 
Tortuca verde
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Noun edit

tortuca (plural tortucas)

  1. turtle, tortoise

Latin edit

Etymology edit

A Latinization of various corresponding Ibero-Romance forms, such as Asturian, Catalan, and Spanish tortuga. The penultimate syllable is long because it carries stress akin to the Ibero-Romance forms.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tortūca f (genitive tortūcae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) tortoise, turtle
    Synonym: testūdō
    • c. 1240, Bartholomaeus Anglicus, chapter 18, in De Proprietatibus Rerum[1], page 1121:
      Tortuca inter teſtudines computatur, eo quod inter teſtes duriſſimas clauditur, inter quas recolligit, quando ab aliquo moleſtatur.
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Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tortūca tortūcae
Genitive tortūcae tortūcārum
Dative tortūcae tortūcīs
Accusative tortūcam tortūcās
Ablative tortūcā tortūcīs
Vocative tortūca tortūcae

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