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/

Noun

thunnus m (genitive thunnī); second declension

tuna

Inflection

Second declension.

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: 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

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