Urseius

Latin

Etymology

From ursus (“bear”) +‎ -eius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /urˈsei̯.i̯us/, [ʊrˈs̠ɛi̯ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /urˈse.jus/, [urˈsɛːjus]

Proper noun

Urseius m sg (genitive Urseiī or Urseī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Urseius Ferox, a Roman jurist

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Urseius
genitive	Urseiī Urseī1
dative	Urseiō
accusative	Urseium
ablative	Urseiō
vocative	Urseī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “Ferox, Urseius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray