urus
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.
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
urus (plural uruses)
- Synonym of jatra (“annual village festival in India”)
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Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay urus, from Classical Malay hurus, urus.
Verb edit
urus
Synonyms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
According to Julius Caesar, of Celtic origin. Perhaps indirectly related to Proto-Germanic *ūraz.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) 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.