Urseius

Latin

Etymology

From ursus (bear) +‎ -eius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Urseius m sg (genitive Urseiī or Urseī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Urseius Ferox, a Roman jurist

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Urseius
genitive Urseiī
Urseī1
dative Urseiō
accusative Urseium
ablative Urseiō
vocative Urseī

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

References

  • Ferox, Urseius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray