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Latin
Etymology
Unknown.[1] Maybe related to Ancient Greek σαυρωτήρ (saurōtḗr, “ferrule, spike”) or to Latin surus (“branch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
surēna f (genitive surēnae); first declension
- A kind of shell
Declension
First-declension noun.
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.