urus
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Latin ūrus. Doublet of ure (“aurochs”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[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
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]urus (plural uruses)
- Synonym of jatra (“annual village festival in India”)
Related terms
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay urus, from Classical Malay hurus, urus.
Verb
[edit]urus
Synonyms
[edit]Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]urus
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
urus | n-urus | hurus | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According 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
[edit]ūrus m (genitive ūrī); second declension
- an aurochs
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | 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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /uros/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /urʊs/
- Rhymes: -uros, -ros, -os
- Rhymes: -us
Verb
[edit]urus (Jawi spelling اوروس)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “urus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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