urus

See also: uruş

English

Etymology

From Latin ūrus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjʊəɹəs/

Noun

urus (plural uri or uruses)

  1. The aurochs.
    • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
      He also brought forth two large drinking cups, made out of the horn of the urus, and hooped with silver.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay urus.

Verb

urus (used in the form mengurus)

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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈuː.rus/, [ˈuː.rʊs]

Noun

ūrus m (genitive ūri); second declension

  1. An aurochs

Inflection

Second declension.

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

Verb

urus (used in the form mengurus)

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

Descendants

  • Makasar: urusuʔ
  • Manggarai: urus
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