urceus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin urceus.

Noun

urceus (plural urcei)

  1. A ewer for holding water for washing.

Latin

Etymology

From orca (“tun, cask”), perhaps as a resubstantivised adjective.

Noun

urceus m (genitive urceī); second declension

  1. jug, pitcher, ewer
  2. mug

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative urceus urceī
Genitive urceī urceōrum
Dative urceō urceīs
Accusative urceum urceōs
Ablative urceō urceīs
Vocative urcee urceī

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • “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
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