Ursus

See also: ursus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin ursus (“bear”). Doublet of arctos.

Proper noun

Ursus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ursidae – bears.

Hypernyms

• (species): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia – suborder; Ursidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ursus arctos (brown bear) - type species; Ursus americanus (American black bear), Ursus maritimus (polar bear), Ursus thibetanus (Asian black bear) - other extant species

References

• Ursus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ursus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ursus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ursus at AnimalBase
• Ursus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ursus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Ursus at World Register of Marine Species

Latin

Etymology

From ursus (“bear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈʊr.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈur.sus]

Proper noun

Ursus m sg (genitive Ursī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. a male given name [8th C. CE]

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ursus
genitive	Ursī
dative	Ursō
accusative	Ursum
ablative	Ursō
vocative	Urse

References

• Sigmund Herzberg-Fränkel, editor (1904), “I: Dioecesis Salisburgensis: Regiones Salisburgensis et Bavarica”, in Necrologia Germaniae (Monumenta Germaniae Historica) (in Latin), Tomvs II Dioecesis Salisbvrgensis, Berolini: Apvd Weidmannos, →ISBN, →OCLC, Liber confraternitatum vetustior (784-11th C.), Monumenta Necrologica Monasterii S. Petri Salisburgensis, page 8, column 9, line 16
• Zusammengesetzte Handschrift: Liber Confraternitatum Sancti Petri (Liber Vitae, Verbrüderungsbuch von St. Peter). Traditionen von St. Peter (Traditionscodex M) [Composite manuscript: Liber Confraternitatum Sancti Petri (Liber Vitae, Book of Brotherhood of St. Peter). Traditions of St. Peter (Tradition Codex M)] (in Latin), Salzburg, Erzabtei St. Peter, Benediktinerstift, Archiv, Hs. A 1, 784-13th C., page 6

Polish

Ursus proper noun 1 sense 1

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈur.sus/

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• Rhymes: -ursus
• Syllabification: Ur‧sus
• Homophone: ursus

Proper noun

Ursus m inan (related adjective ursuski)

2. Ursus (a district of Warsaw)

Declension

Declension of Ursus

	singular
nominative	Ursus
genitive	Ursusa
dative	Ursusowi
accusative	Ursus
instrumental	Ursusem
locative	Ursusie
vocative	Ursusie

Derived terms

nouns

• ursusianin
• ursusianka

Proper noun

Ursus m inan (related adjective ursusowski)

2. Ursus (family of agricultural tractors manufactured at the Ursus Mechanical Works in the Ursus district of Warsaw and, since 2011, assembled at Ursus S.A. (formerly Pol-Mot Warfama SA) in Lublin)

Declension

Declension of Ursus

	singular
nominative	Ursus
genitive	Ursusa
dative	Ursusowi
accusative	Ursus
instrumental	Ursusem
locative	Ursusie
vocative	Ursusie

Derived terms

nouns

• ursus

Further reading

• “Ursus”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Ursus in PWN's encyclopedia