"ursa" meaning in Latin

See ursa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈʊr.sa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈur.sa] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈʊr.saː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈur.sa] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos Proto-Italic *orsos Latin ursus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin ursa From ursus (“bear”) + -a (feminine suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|ursus<t:bear>|-a<pos:feminine suffix><id:feminine>|text=+|title=ursa|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos Proto-Italic *orsos Latin ursus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin ursa [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*orsos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ursus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "feminine", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "nominal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ā", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-a", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "feminine suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ursa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="ursa"> From ursus (“bear”) + -a (feminine suffix). Head templates: {{la-noun|ursa<1>}} ursa f (genitive ursae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ursa<1>}} Forms: ursae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ursa [nominative, singular], ursae [nominative, plural], ursae [genitive, singular], ursārum [genitive, plural], ursae [dative, singular], ursīs [dative, plural], ursam [accusative, singular], ursās [accusative, plural], ursā [ablative, singular], ursīs [ablative, plural], ursa [singular, vocative], ursae [plural, vocative]
  1. a she-bear; female bear Tags: declension-1, feminine Related terms: Ursa maior, Ursa minor, ursīnus, Ursula

Inflected forms

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        },
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        }
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
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      ]
    },
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.17.12",
          "text": "Expedit magis ursae occurrere raptīs fētibus, quam fatuō cōnfīdentī in stultitiā suā.\nIt is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.\n(Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)",
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        }
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      "ipa": "[ˈʊr.sa]",
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        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈur.sa]",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʊr.saː]",
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      "ipa": "[ˈur.sa]",
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    }
  ],
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}
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      "word": "Ursa maior"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ursa minor"
    },
    {
      "word": "ursīnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ursula"
    }
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        "Latin feminine nouns",
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        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
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        {
          "ref": "c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.17.12",
          "text": "Expedit magis ursae occurrere raptīs fētibus, quam fatuō cōnfīdentī in stultitiā suā.\nIt is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.\n(Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a she-bear; female bear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "she-bear",
          "she-bear"
        ],
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʊr.sa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈur.sa]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʊr.saː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈur.sa]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ursa"
}

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