Dorso

See also: dorso and dorso-

Latin

Etymology

From dorsum (“back”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdor.soː/, [ˈd̪ɔrs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdor.so/, [ˈd̪ɔrso]

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