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See also: Ursus
Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *orssos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos), Persian خرس (xers), Albanian ari, and Sanskrit ऋक्ष (ṛ́kṣa).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈur.sus/, [ˈʊrs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈur.sus/, [ˈursus]
Noun[edit]
ursus m (genitive ursī); second declension
- a bear
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ursus | ursī |
Genitive | ursī | ursōrum |
Dative | ursō | ursīs |
Accusative | ursum | ursōs |
Ablative | ursō | ursīs |
Vocative | urse | ursī |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Aragonese: onso
- Aromanian: ursu, ursã
- Asturian: osu
- Catalan: ós, ors
- Corsican: orsu
- → Esperanto: urso
- Friulian: ors
- Italian: orso
- Ladin: lors
- Ladino: lonso
- Occitan: ors
- Old French: urs
- Old Galician-Portuguese: usso, osso, husso
- Old Spanish: osso
- → Portuguese: urso
- Romanian: urs
- Romansch: urs, uors
- Sardinian: ursu
- Sicilian: ursu
- Translingual: Ursus
- Venetian: ors, orso
- Walloon: oûsse
References[edit]
- “ursus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ursus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ursus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “ursus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ursus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Categories:
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 2-syllable words
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- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- la:Carnivores
- la:Ursids