urium

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Basque ur (or rather, a Proto-Basque form of said term).

Pronunciation

Noun

ūrium n (genitive ūriī or ūrī); second declension

  1. (mineralogy) The earth that envelops the ore

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ūrium ūria
Genitive ūriī
ūrī1		 ūriōrum
Dative ūriō ūriīs
Accusative ūrium ūria
Ablative ūriō ūriīs
Vocative ūrium ūria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References
  • urium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “urium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “urium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “urium”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
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