urium
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from Basque ur (or rather, a Proto-Basque form of said term).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈuː.ri.um/, [ˈuːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.ri.um/, [ˈuːrium]
Noun[edit]
ūrium n (genitive ūriī or ūrī); second declension
- (mineralogy) The earth that envelops the ore
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ūrium | ūria |
| Genitive | ūriī ūrī1 |
ūriōrum |
| Dative | ūriō | ūriīs |
| Accusative | ūrium | ūria |
| Ablative | ūriō | ūriīs |
| Vocative | ūrium | ūria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References[edit]
- urium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “urium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “urium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “urium”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press