Urseius

Latin

Etymology

ursus (“bear”) +‎ -ēius.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ursēius m sg (genitive Ursēiī or Ursēī); 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.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ursēius
Genitive	Ursēiī Ursēī1
Dative	Ursēiō
Accusative	Ursēium
Ablative	Ursēiō
Vocative	Ursēī

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