tortuca

== Interlingua == === Noun === tortuca (plural tortucas) turtle, tortoise == Latin == === Etymology === A Latinization of various corresponding Ibero-Romance forms, such as Asturian, Catalan, and Spanish tortuga. The penultimate syllable is long because it carries stress akin to the Ibero-Romance forms. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɔrˈtuː.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [torˈtuː.ka] === Noun === tortūca f (genitive tortūcae); first declension (Medieval Latin) tortoise, turtle Synonym: testūdō ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “tortuca”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC "tortuca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)