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

  1. A kind of shell

Declension

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
  • “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
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “surena”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 635
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