urceus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
urceus (plural urcei)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From orca (“tun, cask”), perhaps as a resubstantivised adjective.
Noun[edit]
urceus m (genitive urceī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | urceus | urceī |
Genitive | urceī | urceōrum |
Dative | urceō | urceīs |
Accusative | urceum | urceōs |
Ablative | urceō | urceīs |
Vocative | urcee | urceī |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: orsa
- → English: urceus
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌿𐍃 (aurkjus)
- Italian orcio
- Portuguese orçamento
- Spanish orza
- Serbo-Croatian: vrč, врч
- Slovene: vrč
References[edit]
- “urceus”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “urceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- urceus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- “urceus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “urceus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin