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ursus

bear

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Where it lives

Antoninus Geta 1 · 8.13/10k
Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 2 · 7.53/10k
Ad Martyras 1 · 6.72/10k
Antoninus Heliogabalus 3 · 5.18/10k
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
De Arte Poetica liber 1 · 3.24/10k
Probus 1 · 2.43/10k
Epistulae 2 · 2.02/10k
Gordiani Tres 1 · 1.8/10k
In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
Oedipus 1 · 1.69/10k

Densest 12 of 47 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ursus — de Vaan

ursus 'bear' [m. o] (Quinctius Atta+) Pit. *orsso-l PIE *h2rtko- 'bear'. IE cognates: Olr. art [m.] 'bear, hero, warrior', W. arthy OBreL Ard-3 Arth-, Bret arz, GauL Artio [Theonym] < PCL *arto- 'bear', Hit hartokka- [a] 'bear', Skt. fksa- [m.], YAv. arsa-, Khot arra, MoP xirs 'bear' < Ilr. *Hrtca-, Gr. άρκτος 'bear', also 'Ursa maior\ Arm. orj\ Alb. ari [m.] 'bear'. The cluster -rs- must be the result of the PIE … — [de Vaan, s.v. ursus, p. 659]

2. ursus — Lewis & Short

ursus, i, m.for urcsus; Sanscr. arća; Gr. a)/rktos,

I a bear, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 131; Ov. M. 2, 494; 10, 540; Hor. Epod. 16, 51; id. C. 3, 4, 18; id. A. P. 472; Juv. 4, 106; Sen. Ira, 2, 31, 6; 3, 43, 2; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 100 Müll.—Prov.: fumantem nasum vivi tentaveris ursi, i. e. to provoke a dangerous person. Mart. 6, 64, 28: ursum poscunt, a bear-baiting in the circus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 186.

3. ursus — Walde–Hofmann

ursus, i- m. „Bär“, (seit Varro und Verg., rom.), ursa, -ae f. „die Bärin; als Sternbild der große und der kleine Bär“ (seit Prop., Ov., Plin. usw.) Abltgg.: ursinus, -a, -um „zu den Bären gehörig“ (seit Colum., Subst. -a f. [se. carö, s. Heraeus Ki. Schr. 82] „Bärenfleisch“); ursürius, -i m. „Bärenwärter für Tierhetzen im Zirkus“ (Inschr.); vgl. PN. Ursa seit Ov., Ursulus seit Suet, Ursücius seit Mar. Victorin., … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. ursus, p. 1750]

In the wild

ursus Tertullian, De Carnis Resurrectione 2
ursos Claudian, de consulatu Stilichonis 3.1.334
ursos Juvenal, Saturae 1.4.99
ursi Tertullian, De Anima 58
ursique Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.255
ursis Historia Augusta, Tyranni Triginta 15

6 of 95 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. ursus (scan p. 659; entry #1893). Root candidates: *h2rtko-, *arto-, *h2ortko-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ursus (scan p. 779; entry #12999).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ursus (scan p. 1750; entry #3357).

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