Turnus

See also: turnus

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tornus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Turnus m (strong, genitive Turnus or Turnusses, plural Turnusse)

1. rotation (regular change)

Declension

Declension of Turnus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Turnus	die	Turnusse
genitive	eines	des	Turnus, Turnusses	der	Turnusse
dative	einem	dem	Turnus, Turnusse1	den	Turnussen
accusative	einen	den	Turnus	die	Turnusse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• turnusgemäß
• turnusmäßig

Further reading

• “Turnus” in Duden online

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.nus/, [ˈt̪ʊrnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.nus/, [ˈt̪urnus]

Proper noun

Turnus m sg (genitive Turnī); second declension

1. (Roman mythology) A king of the Rutuli killed by Aeneas

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Turnus
Genitive	Turnī
Dative	Turnō
Accusative	Turnum
Ablative	Turnō
Vocative	Turne

References

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