ursus

See also: Ursus

Latin
ursus (a bear)

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) IPA(key): /ˈur.sus/, [ˈʊr.sʊs]
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Noun

ursus m (genitive ursī); second declension

  1. a bear

Inflection

Second declension.

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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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