ursus
See also: Ursus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *orssos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos), Persian خرس (xers) and Sanskrit ऋक्ष (ṛ́kṣa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈur.sus/, [ˈʊrs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈur.sus/, [ˈursus]
Audio (Classical): (file)
Noun
ursus m (genitive ursī); second declension
- a bear
Declension
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
Descendants
References
- “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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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