surena
See also: sureña and suRena
Latin
Etymology
Unknown[1]. Maybe related to Ancient Greek σαυρωτήρ (saurōtḗr, “ferrule, spike”) or to Latin surus (“branch”).
Noun
surēna f (genitive surēnae); first declension
- A kind of shell
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | surēna | surēnae |
| Genitive | surēnae | surēnārum |
| Dative | surēnae | surēnīs |
| Accusative | surēnam | surēnās |
| Ablative | surēnā | surēnīs |
| Vocative | surēna | surēnae |
References
- 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), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 635