LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

thunnus

thunnus m (genitive thunnī)
Classical[ˈtʰʊn.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtun.nus]

Meaning

  1. masculinetuna

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativethunnusthunnī
thynnī, tunnī
genitivethunnī
thynnī, tunnī		thunnōrum
thynnōrum, tunnōrum
dativethunnō
thynnō, tunnō		thunnīs
thynnīs, tunnīs
accusativethunnum
thynnum, tunnum		thunnōs
thynnōs, tunnōs
ablativethunnō
thynnō, tunnō		thunnīs
thynnīs, tunnīs
vocativethunne
thynne, tunne		thunnī
thynnī, tunnī

thunnus (thynnus), i, m., = θύννος,
I. the tunny or tunny - fish: Scomber thynnus, Linn.; Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 44 sq.; Hor. S. 2, 5, 44; Ov. Hal. 98; Mart. 10, 48, 12.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θῠ́ννος (thŭ́nnos), borrowed from Phoenician.

Gallo-Romance
  • Occitanton
  • Frenchthonfrom Occitan ton
  • Romaniantonfrom Occitan ton
  • Englishtunnyfrom Occitan ton
  • Englishthunnyfrom Occitan ton
  • Haitian Creoletonfrom Occitan ton
  • Mauritian Creoletonfrom Occitan ton
  • Armenianթոնfrom Occitan ton
  • Turkishtonfrom Occitan ton
  • Irishtuinnínfrom Occitan ton
Elsewhere
  • Spanishatúnfrom Arabic تُنّ
  • Portugueseatumfrom Arabic تُنّ
  • Spanishtúnidofrom Translingual Thunnus
  • Galicianatúnfrom Arabic تُنّ
  • Galicianatumfrom Arabic تُنّ
  • Indonesiantunafrom Arabic تُنّ
  • Belarusianтуне́ц
  • Czechtuňák
  • Esperantotinuso
  • Georgianთინუსი
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiantonno
  • Englishtonnofrom Italian tonno
  • Macedonianтунаfrom Serbo-Croatian tunj
  • Slovenetunfrom Serbo-Croatian tunj
  • Slovenetúnafrom Serbo-Croatian tunj
  • Greekτόνοςfrom Italian tonno
  • Slovenetonfrom Italian tonno
  • Siciliantunnu
  • Maltesetonn
Middle High German
  • GermanThun
  • GermanThunfisch
  • Danishtunfisk
  • Danishtun
  • Hungariantonhal
  • Icelandictúnfiskur
  • Norwegian Bokmåltunfisk
  • Norwegian Nynorsktunfisk
  • Finnishtonnikalafrom Swedish tonfisk
  • Yiddishטונפֿיש
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianton
Gallo-Italic
  • Liguriantónno

Quick answers

What does thunnus mean in Latin?
thunnus, a noun, means “tuna”.
What is the genitive of thunnus?
The genitive singular is thunnī. thunnus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce thunnus?
In classical Latin, [ˈtʰʊn.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtun.nus].