LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · masculinesecond declension

Turnus

Turnus m sg (genitive Turnī)
Classical[ˈtʊr.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtur.nus]

Meaning

  1. RomanmasculinesingularA king of the Rutuli killed by Aeneas

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeTurnus—
genitiveTurnī—
dativeTurnō—
accusativeTurnum—
ablativeTurnō—
vocativeTurne—

Turnus, i, m.
I. A king of the Rutuli, killed by Æneas, Liv. 1, 2, 3; Verg. A. 7, 344 sq.; Ov. M. 14, 451 sq.; Tib. 2, 5, 48; Suet. Ner. 54: Turni lacus, i. e. lacus Juturnae, Col. 10, 138.—
II. Turnus Herdonius, a Latin, the enemy of Tarquinius Superbus, Liv. 1, 50 sqq.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyTurnusTurnus. a Roman satyric poet. According to the old scholiast upon Juvenal, who quotes two lines from one of his pieces, he was a native of Aurunca, of…

Quick answers

What does Turnus mean in Latin?
Turnus, a proper noun, means “A king of the Rutuli killed by Aeneas”.
What is the genitive of Turnus?
The genitive singular is Turnī. Turnus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce Turnus?
In classical Latin, [ˈtʊr.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtur.nus].