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Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Basque ur (or rather, a Proto-Basque form of said term).
Pronunciation
Noun
ūrium n (genitive ūriī or ūrī); second declension
- (mineralogy) The earth that envelops the ore
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- urium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “urium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “urium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “urium”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press