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English
Etymology 1
From Latin ūrus. Doublet of ure (“aurochs”).
Pronunciation
Noun
urus (plural uri or uruses)
- The aurochs.
1601, C Plinius Secundus , “ 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)
- Alternative spelling of urs.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay urus, from Classical Malay hurus, urus.
Verb
urus
- to manage (to direct or be in charge)
- to manage (to handle or control a situation or job)
Synonyms
Irish
Adjective
urus
- obsolete form of furasta
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Latin
Etymology
According to Julius Caesar, of Celtic origin. Perhaps indirectly related to Proto-Germanic *ūraz.
Pronunciation
Noun
ūrus m (genitive ūrī); second declension
- an aurochs
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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
Verb
urus (Jawi spelling اوروس)
- to manage (to direct or be in charge)
- to manage (to handle or control a situation or job)
Derived terms
Descendants
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