1. tursĭo — Lewis & Short
tursĭo, ōnis, m.,
I a kind of fish resembling the dolphin, a porpoise: Delphinus phocaena, Linn.; Plin. 9, 9, 11, § 34.
The corpus record — Latin
tursio
tursio · m
a kind of fish resembling the dolphin
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Where it lives
- De Re Coquinaria 2 · 1.28/10k
What it meant
2. tursio — Walde–Hofmann
tursio, -öris m. „ein delphinartiger Fisch, das kleine Meerschwein“ (Plin. nat. 9,34): — entl. aus gr. Yupoiwv ds. (Vasmer Pr. ling. Baudouin de Courtenay 82). fursus s. thyrsus. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. tursio, p. 1628]
In the wild
- tursione Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 4.138
- tursionem Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 4.138
Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. tursio (scan p. 1628; entry #3126).
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