Dorso

See also: dorso and dorso-

Latin

Etymology

From dorsum (back).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dorsō m sg (genitive Dorsōnis); third declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Marcus Fabius Dorso, a Roman consul

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Dorsō
genitive Dorsōnis
dative Dorsōnī
accusative Dorsōnem
ablative Dorsōne
vocative Dorsō

Further reading

  • Dorso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Dorso”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray