thunnus

See also: Thunnus

Latin

Alternative forms

• thynnus, tunnus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos), from θύνω (thúnō, “I rush, dart along”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰun.nus/, [ˈt̪ʰʊnːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtun.nus/, [ˈt̪unːus]

Noun

thunnus m (genitive thunnī); second declension

1. tuna

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	thunnus	thunnī
Genitive	thunnī	thunnōrum
Dative	thunnō	thunnīs
Accusative	thunnum	thunnōs
Ablative	thunnō	thunnīs
Vocative	thunne	thunnī

Descendants

Descendants

• → Arabic: تُنّ (tunn)
  • → Portuguese: atum
  • → Spanish: atún
    • → English: tuna
      • → Welsh: tiwna
• Catalan: tonyina
• French: thon
• Friulian: ton
• → German: Thunfisch, Thun(fisch)
• → Irish: tuinnín
• Italian: tonno
• Occitan: ton
• Romanian: ton
• Sicilian: tunnu
• Spanish: tonina, toñina
• → Translingual: Thunnus

References

• “thunnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “thunnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thunnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.