urceus
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]urceus (plural urcei)
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From orca (“tun, cask”), perhaps as a resubstantivised adjective.
Noun
[edit]urceus m (genitive urceī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | urceus | urceī |
| genitive | urceī | urceōrum |
| dative | urceō | urceīs |
| accusative | urceum | urceōs |
| ablative | urceō | urceīs |
| vocative | urcee | urceī |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: orsa
- → English: urceus
- → Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌿𐍃 (aurkjus)
- Italian orcio
- Portuguese orçamento
- Spanish orza
- → Serbo-Croatian: vrč, врч
- → Slovene: vrč
References
[edit]- “urceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “urceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- urceus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “urceus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “urceus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin