urus

See also: uruş

English

Etymology

From Latin ūrus. Perhaps a doublet of owre.

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.

   • 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.

Related terms

• aurochs, owre (perhaps related)
• ure

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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

• rawat
• pelihara, piara
• atur

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.rus/, [ˈuːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.rus/, [ˈuːrus]

Noun

ūrus m (genitive ūrī); second declension

1. An aurochs

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ūrus	ūrī
Genitive	ūrī	ūrōrum
Dative	ūrō	ūrīs
Accusative	ūrum	ūrōs
Ablative	ūrō	ūrīs
Vocative	ūre	ūrī

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: οὖρος (oûros)
• Catalan: ur
• → English: 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

• IPA^(key): /uros/
• IPA^(key): /urʊs/
• Rhymes: -uros, -ros, -os

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

• urusan
• berurus
• mengurus
• menguruskan
• pengurus
• pengurusan
• terurus

Descendants

• Indonesian: urus
• Komodo: uru

• Makasar: urusuʔ
• Manggarai: urus

Further reading

• “urus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.