50%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Roman Mythology Pronounced Pron. /ˈtur.nus/(Latin) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Meaning unknown. According to Virgil's Aeneid, Turnus was a king of the Rutuli. He led the Latins in war against the Trojans led by Aeneas. At the end of the book he is killed by Aeneas in a duel.