Dorso

See also: dorso and dorso-

Latin

Etymology

From dorsum (“back”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdor.soː/, [ˈd̪ɔrs̠oː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdor.so/, [ˈd̪ɔrso]

Proper noun

Dorsō m sg (genitive Dorsōnis); third declension

A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
1. Marcus Fabius Dorso, a Roman consul

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dorsō
Genitive	Dorsōnis
Dative	Dorsōnī
Accusative	Dorsōnem
Ablative	Dorsōne
Vocative	Dorsō

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

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