Nursia

Latin

Alternative forms

Nurtia

Etymology

Of non-Latin origin, possibly Etruscan 𐌍𐌖𐌓𐌆𐌉𐌖 (nurziu, “happiness”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnur.si.a/, [ˈnʊrs̠iä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnur.si.a/, [ˈnursiä]

Proper noun

Nursia f sg (genitive Nursiae); first declension

A Sabine city, the modern Norcia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nursia
Genitive	Nursiae
Dative	Nursiae
Accusative	Nursiam
Ablative	Nursiā
Vocative	Nursia
Locative	Nursiae

Derived terms

Nursīnī
Nursīnus

References

“Nursia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Nursia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Mémoires de la Société impériale des antiquaires de France, Volumes 26-27, p. 152

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