Cortona

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Cortōna, from Etruscan 𐌂𐌖𐌓𐌕𐌖𐌍 (curtun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /korˈto.na/
• Rhymes: -ona
• Hyphenation: Cor‧tó‧na

Proper noun

Cortona f

1. A small town in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy

Derived terms

• cortonese

Anagrams

• cartono, cartonò, cornato, torcano

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Etruscan 𐌂𐌖𐌓𐌕𐌖𐌍 (curtun).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /korˈtoː.na/, [kɔrˈt̪oːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈto.na/, [korˈt̪ɔːnä]

Proper noun

Cortōna f sg (genitive Cortōnae); first declension

1. Cortona

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cortōna
Genitive	Cortōnae
Dative	Cortōnae
Accusative	Cortōnam
Ablative	Cortōnā
Vocative	Cortōna
Locative	Cortōnae

Derived terms

• Cortōnēnsis
• Cortōnēnsēs

References

• “Cortona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cortona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Cortona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Cortona”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• “Cortona”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly