urium

== Latin == === Etymology === Possibly from Basque ur (or rather, a Proto-Basque form of said term). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈuː.ri.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.ri.um] === Noun === ūrium n (genitive ūriī or ūrī); second declension (mineralogy) The earth that envelops the ore ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 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