turris – Latin noun declension

Noun: turris
Hyphenation:

Gender: Feminine Declension: Third

Nominative

Singular	turris
Plural	turrēs

Genitive

Singular	turris
Plural	turrium

Dative

Singular	turrī
Plural	turribus

Accusative

Singular	turrim; turrem
Plural	turrēs; turrīs

Ablative

Singular	turrī; turre
Plural	turribus

Vocative

Singular	turris
Plural	turrēs

Sample Sentences

Nōn coeptae adsurgunt turrēs, [...]. (Towers, partially built, rise up no [higher], ….

(Literally: [construction] having been begun.)) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.86]

Nouns inflected like turris

pēlvis, secūris, cidaris, febris, turris, pristis, puppis, restis,

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis) (Hesychius), τύρσις (túrsis), likely ultimately a Mediterranean substrate loan. Compare Τυρρηνός (Turrhēnós, “Etruscan”). Also compare the tribe Taurini.

Verbs referencing "turris"

English Nouns tower, Swedish Nouns torn, Icelandic Nouns turn, English Nouns tor, French Nouns tour, Middle English Nouns tour, German Nouns Turm, Old English Nouns torr, English Nouns turret, Old English Nouns tur, Asturian Nouns torre, Catalan Nouns torre, Galician Nouns torre, Italian Nouns torre, Portuguese Nouns torre, Spanish Nouns torre, Irish Nouns túr, Dutch Nouns toren, Russian Nouns тура, Danish Nouns tårn, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns tårn, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns tårn, Hungarian Nouns torony, Polish Nouns tura, Latvian Nouns tornis, English Nouns turriphilia, English Nouns turriphile, Polish Nouns turnia.