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See also: Urus and uruş

English

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Etymology 1

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From Latin ūrus. Doublet of ure (aurochs).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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urus (plural uri or uruses)

  1. 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.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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urus (plural uruses)

  1. Synonym of jatra (annual village festival in India)
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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay urus, from Classical Malay hurus, urus.

Verb

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urus

  1. to manage (to direct or be in charge)
  2. to manage (to handle or control a situation or job)

Synonyms

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Irish

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Adjective

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urus

  1. Obsolete form of furasta.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of urus
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
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

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Etymology

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According to Julius Caesar, of Celtic origin. Perhaps indirectly related to Proto-Germanic *ūraz.

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Noun

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ūrus m (genitive ūrī); second declension

  1. an aurochs

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Descendants

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  • Ancient Greek: οὖρος (oûros)
  • Catalan: ur
  • English: ure, urus
  • French: ure
  • Italian: uro
  • Portuguese: uro
  • Spanish: uro

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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urus (Jawi spelling اوروس)

  1. to manage (to direct or be in charge)
  2. to manage (to handle or control a situation or job)

Derived terms

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