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See also: Urus and uruş

English

Etymology 1

From Latin ūrus. Doublet of ure (“aurochs”).

Pronunciation

Noun

urus (plural uri or uruses)

  1. 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.

Etymology 2

Noun

urus (plural uruses)

  1. Alternative spelling of urs.
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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay urus, from Classical Malay hurus, urus.

Verb

urus

  1. to manage (to direct or be in charge)
  2. to manage (to handle or control a situation or job)

Synonyms

Irish

Adjective

urus

  1. obsolete form of furasta

Mutation

More information radical, eclipsis ...

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
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Latin

Etymology

According to Julius Caesar, of Celtic origin. Perhaps indirectly related to Proto-Germanic *ūraz.

Pronunciation

Noun

ūrus m (genitive ūrī); second declension

  1. an aurochs

Declension

Second-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

  • → Ancient Greek: οὖρος (oûros)
  • Catalan: ur
  • → English: ure, urus
  • French: ure
  • Italian: uro
  • Portuguese: uro
  • Spanish: uro

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.
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Malay

Pronunciation

Verb

urus (Jawi spelling اوروس)

  1. to manage (to direct or be in charge)
  2. to manage (to handle or control a situation or job)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: urus
  • Komodo: uru
  • Makasar: urusuʔ
  • Manggarai: urus

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