urceus
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
urceus (plural urcei)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From orca (“tun, cask”), perhaps as a resubstantivised adjective.
Noun edit
urceus m (genitive urceī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | urceus | urceī |
| Genitive | urceī | urceōrum |
| Dative | urceō | urceīs |
| Accusative | urceum | urceōs |
| Ablative | urceō | urceīs |
| Vocative | urcee | urceī |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: orsa
- → English: urceus
- → Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌿𐍃 (aurkjus)
- Italian orcio
- Portuguese orçamento
- Spanish orza
- → Serbo-Croatian: vrč, врч
- → Slovene: vrč
References edit
- “urceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “urceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- urceus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “urceus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “urceus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin