tortuca

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Interlingua

Tortuca verde
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Noun

tortuca (plural tortucas)

  1. turtle, tortoise

Latin

Etymology

A Latinization of various corresponding Ibero-Romance forms, such as Asturian, Catalan, and Spanish tortuga. The penultimate syllable is long because it carries stress akin to the Ibero-Romance forms.

Pronunciation

Noun

tortūca f (genitive tortūcae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) tortoise, turtle
    Synonym: testūdō
    • c. 1240, Bartholomaeus Anglicus, chapter 18, in De Proprietatibus Rerum, page 1121:
      Tortuca inter teſtudines computatur, eo quod inter teſtes duriſſimas clauditur, inter quas recolligit, quando ab aliquo moleſtatur.
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Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tortūca tortūcae
genitive tortūcae tortūcārum
dative tortūcae tortūcīs
accusative tortūcam tortūcās
ablative tortūcā tortūcīs
vocative tortūca tortūcae

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