urus

From Latin ūrus. Doublet of ure (“aurochs”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjʊəɹəs/

urus (plural uri or uruses)

1. The aurochs.
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book VIII.] Of Scythian beasts, and those that are bred in the North parts.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, pages 199–200:

     Howbeit, that country bringeth forth certain kinds of goodly great wild bœufes: to wit, the Biſontes, mained with a collar, like Lions: and the Vri, a mightie ſtrong beaſt, and a ſwift: which the ignorant people call Buffles, whereas indeed the Buffle is bred in Affrica, and carieth ſome reſemblance of a calfe rather, or a ſtag.

   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     He also brought forth two large drinking cups, made out of the horn of the urus, and hooped with silver.

   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 123:

     Eduard Hahn has postulated that the motive for capturing and maintaining the urus in the captive state was to have available a supply, for sacrificial purposes, of the animal sacred to the lunar mother goddess worshipped over an immense area of the ancient world.

• aurochs (perhaps related)
• ure

urus (plural uruses)

1. Alternative spelling of urs.

From Malay urus, from Classical Malay hurus, urus.

urus

1. to manage (to direct or be in charge)
2. to manage (to handle or control a situation or job)

• rawat
• pelihara, piara
• atur

urus

1. obsolete form of furasta

According to Julius Caesar, of Celtic origin. Perhaps indirectly related to Proto-Germanic *ūraz.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈuː.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈuː.rus]

ūrus m (genitive ūrī); second declension

1. an aurochs

Second-declension noun.

• → Ancient Greek: οὖρος (oûros)
• Catalan: ur
• → English: ure, urus
• French: ure
• Italian: uro
• Portuguese: uro
• Spanish: uro

• “urus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “urus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• urus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /uros/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /urʊs/
• Rhymes: -uros, -ros, -os
• Rhymes: -us

urus (Jawi spelling اوروس)

1. to manage (to direct or be in charge)
2. to manage (to handle or control a situation or job)

• “urus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.