urus
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin ūrus. Doublet of ure (“aurochs”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- The aurochs.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book VIII.] Of Scythian beasts, and those that are bred in the North parts.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, pages 199–200:
- Howbeit, that country bringeth forth certain kinds of goodly great wild bœufes: to wit, the Biſontes, mained with a collar, like Lions: and the Vri, a mightie ſtrong beaſt, and a ſwift: which the ignorant people call Buffles, whereas indeed the Buffle is bred in Affrica, and carieth ſome reſemblance of a calfe rather, or a ſtag.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- He also brought forth two large drinking cups, made out of the horn of the urus, and hooped with silver.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 123:
- Eduard Hahn has postulated that the motive for capturing and maintaining the urus in the captive state was to have available a supply, for sacrificial purposes, of the animal sacred to the lunar mother goddess worshipped over an immense area of the ancient world.
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editurus (plural uruses)
- Synonym of jatra (“annual village festival in India”)
Related terms
editIndonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Malay urus, from Classical Malay hurus, urus.
Verb
editurus
Synonyms
editIrish
editAdjective
editurus
Mutation
editradical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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urus | n-urus | hurus | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Latin
editEtymology
editAccording to Julius Caesar, of Celtic origin. Perhaps indirectly related to Proto-Germanic *ūraz.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈuː.rus/, [ˈuːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.rus/, [ˈuːrus]
Noun
editūrus m (genitive ūrī); second declension
- an aurochs
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | ūrus | ūrī |
genitive | ūrī | ūrōrum |
dative | ūrō | ūrīs |
accusative | ūrum | ūrōs |
ablative | ūrō | ūrīs |
vocative | ūre | ūrī |
Descendants
edit- → Ancient Greek: οὖρος (oûros)
- Catalan: ur
- → English: ure, urus
- French: ure
- Italian: uro
- Portuguese: uro
- Spanish: uro
References
edit- “urus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “urus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- urus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Malay
editPronunciation
edit- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /uros/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /urʊs/
- Rhymes: -uros, -ros, -os
- Rhymes: -us
Verb
editurus (Jawi spelling اوروس)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “urus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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