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Latin
Etymology
From dorsum (“back”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dorsō m sg (genitive Dorsōnis); third declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Marcus Fabius Dorso, a Roman consul
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Further reading
- Dorso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Dorso”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray