different between aurochs vs urus

English

Alternative forms

• auroch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aurochs, an early variant of Auerochse, from Middle High German ?rochse (“aurochs”), from Old High German ?rohso (“aurochs”), a compound consisting of ?ro (“aurochs”) (from Proto-Germanic *?raz, *?rô (“aurochs”)) + ohso (“ox”). Akin to Old English ?r (“aurochs”), Old Norse úrr (“aurochs”), Middle Low German ?rosse (“aurochs”), Old English oxa (“ox”). More at ox.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a???ks/, /?????ks/

Noun

aurochs (plural aurochs or aurochses or aurochsen)

1. An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
2. (zoology) The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus).

Synonyms

• owre (obsolete)
• ure
• urus

Related terms

• owre
• ure, urus (perhaps related)

Translations

References

• aurochs in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Notes:

Noun

aurochs

1. plural of auroch

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.??k/

Noun

aurochs m (plural aurochs)

1. aurochs

Synonyms

• ure

English

Etymology

From Latin ?rus. Perhaps a doublet of owre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j????s/

Noun

urus (plural uri or uruses)

1. The aurochs.
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

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

Related terms

• aurochs, owre (perhaps related)
• ure

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay urus, from Classical Malay hurus, urus.

Verb

urus

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

Synonyms

• rawat
• pelihara, piara
• atur

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?.rus/, [?u???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?u.rus/, [?u??us]

Noun

?rus m (genitive ?r?); second declension

1. An aurochs

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: ur
• ? English: 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^(key): /uros/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ur?s/
• Rhymes: -uros, -ros, -os

Verb

urus (Jawi spelling ??????)

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

Derived terms

• urusan
• berurus
• mengurus
• menguruskan
• pengurus
• pengurusan
• terurus

Descendants

Further reading

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