urceus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin urceus.

Noun

urceus (plural urcei)

1. A ewer for holding water for washing.

Latin

Alternative forms

• urceum
• urcheus (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From orca (“tun, cask”), perhaps as a resubstantivised adjective.

Noun

urceus m (genitive urceī); second declension

1. jug, pitcher, ewer
2. mug

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	urceus	urceī
genitive	urceī	urceōrum
dative	urceō	urceīs
accusative	urceum	urceōs
ablative	urceō	urceīs
vocative	urcee	urceī

Derived terms

• urceolus

Descendants

• Catalan: orsa
• Italian: orcio
• Spanish: orza
• → English: urceus
• → Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌿𐍃 (aurkjus)
• → Serbo-Croatian: vrč, врч
• → Slovene: vrč

References

• “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