# urus
## English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjʊəɹəs/

#### Noun

urus (plural uri or uruses)
* 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.

##### Related terms

* aurochs (perhaps related)
* ure

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

urus (plural uruses)
* Synonym of jatra (“annual village festival in India”)

##### Related terms

* urs

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay urus, from Classical Malay hurus, urus.

### Verb

urus
* to manage (to direct or be in charge)
* to manage (to handle or control a situation or job)

#### Synonyms

* rawat
* pelihara, piara
* atur

## Irish
### Adjective

urus
* Obsolete form of furasta.

### Mutation
## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈuː.rus/, [ˈuːrʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈu.rus/, [ˈuːrus]

### Noun

ūrus m (genitive ūrī); second declension
* an aurochs

#### Declension

Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | ūrus | ūrī |
| Genitive | ūrī | ūrōrum |
| Dative | ūrō | ūrīs |
| Accusative | ūrum | ūrōs |
| Ablative | ūrō | ūrīs |
| Vocative | ūre | ūrī |

#### Descendants

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

### References

* “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.

## Malay
### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

urus (Jawi spelling اوروس)
* to manage (to direct or be in charge)
* to manage (to handle or control a situation or job)

#### Derived terms

* urusan
* berurus
* mengurus
* menguruskan
* pengurus
* pengurusan
* terurus

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: urus
* Komodo: uru
* Makasar: urusuʔ
* Manggarai: urus

### Further reading

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