urus
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjʊəɹəs/
Noun
- 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
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay urus, from Classical Malay hurus, urus.
Irish
Mutation
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
Etymology
According to Julius Caesar, of Celtic origin. Perhaps indirectly related to Proto-Germanic *ūraz.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈuː.rus/, [ˈuːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.rus/, [ˈuːrus]
Declension
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
References
- “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
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /uros/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /urʊs/
- Rhymes: -uros, -ros, -os
- Rhymes: -us
Verb
urus (Jawi spelling اوروس)
Derived terms
- urusan
- berurus
- mengurus
- menguruskan
- pengurus
- pengurusan
- terurus
Further reading
- “urus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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