different between urbs vs urs

English

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

urbs (plural urbes)

1. A walled city in Ancient Rome.

Anagrams

• brus, burs, rubs, srub

Latin

Etymology

Of uncertain origin.

• From Proto-Italic *wor?is, from Proto-Indo-European *werb?- (“to enclose”) (compare Umbrian ???????????????????????????? (uerfale, “area for taking auspices”), Hittite [script needed] (warpa-, “enclosure”), Tocharian A warpi (“garden”), Tocharian B werwiye (“garden”)).
• Derivation from Proto-Indo-European *g?órd?os (“city”) (from *g?erd?- (“to enclose”), whence e.g. Hittite [script needed] (gurtas, “citadel”) Sanskrit ??? (g?há, “house”), English yard) has been proposed, but suffers from irregularities: ?horbus would be rather expected.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /urbs/, [?rps?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /urps/, [urps]

Noun

urbs f (genitive urbis); third declension

1. a city, walled town

2. the City, Rome

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

NB: urbis is an alternative nominative plural form.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• urbs in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• urbs in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• urbs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

English

Pronoun

urs

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) yours

Anagrams

• R Us, RUS, Rus, Rus', Rus., SRU, Sur., sur-, usr

Danish

Noun

urs c or n

1. indefinite genitive singular of ur

Middle English

Pronoun

urs

1. Alternative form of oures (“ours”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• ors

Etymology

From Latin ursus.

Noun

urs m (oblique plural urs, nominative singular urs, nominative plural urs)

1. bear (animal)

Descendants

• Middle French: ours
  • French: ours

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orssos, from Proto-Indo-European *h???t?os (“bear”).

Noun

urs m (plural ur?i)

1. bear

Declension

Derived terms

• ursar
• ursoi
• ursoaic?
• ursoaie
• ursule?

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) uors

Etymology

From Latin ursus, from Proto-Indo-European *h???t?os (“bear”).

Noun

urs m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) bear

Coordinate terms

• ursa

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???

Noun

urs

1. indefinite genitive singular of ur
2. indefinite genitive plural of ur

Anagrams

• sur