Uranus Ūrănus, i, m., = Οὐρανός, the father ofSaturn (pure Lat. Caelus), Lact. 1, 11, § 61; 1, 13, § 15.
ura scorpiu ūra scorpiu = οὐρὰ σκορπίου, scorpion's-tail, a plant, App. Herb. 49.
urbanatim urbānātim, adv.urbanus, after the manner of city people, politely, urbanely: at ego rusticatim tangam, urbanatim nescio, Pomp. ap. Non. 409, 2, and 166, 31.
urbane urbānē, adv., v. urbanus fin.
urbanicianus urbānĭcĭānus, a, um, adj.urbanus; in milit. lang., garrisoned in the city (of Rome): milites,Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 4; Spart. Carac. 4; id. Get. 6 (called urbanae cohor tes, Dig. 25, 1, 8, § 9).
urbanitas urbānĭtas, ātis, f.id., a living in a city, city life.Lit.: desideria urbis et urbanitatis,Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1: in urbis urbanitatisque desiderio,id. ib. 7, 17, 1.Transf., city fashion, city manners, both in a good and in a bad sense. In a good sense. Refinement, elegance of manner, politeness, courtesy, affability, urbanity: addo urbanitatem, quae est virtus, ut Stoici rectissime putant,Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 5.Refinement, delicacy, or elegance of speech: urbanitate quādam quasi colorata oratio,Cic. Brut. 46, 170; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 17 (opp. rusticitas); 6, 3, 103 sq. In partic., wit, humor, pleasantry, raillery: contumelia si petulantius jactatur, convicium; si facetius, urbanitas nominatur,Cic. Cael. 3, 6: in quantam hominum facetorum urbanitatem incurratis, non dico,id. Fin. 2, 31, 103: ut aliquando subtilitatem veteris urbanitatis et humanissimi sermonis attingerem,id. Q. Fr. 2, 10, 2: vides exaruisse jam veterem urbanitatem,id. Fam. 7, 31, 2: mancipiorum urbanitas in dominos contumeliosa,Sen. Const. 11, 3: in jocis,Quint. 2, 5, 8: oratoria,id. 6, 3, 14: risus si aptus est, urbanitatis nomen adsequitur,id. 8, 6, 74; 10, 1, 115. In a bad sense, trickery, roguery, knavery: incuriosos milites (vernaculā utebantur urbanitate) quidam spoliavere,Tac. H. 2, 88; so, vernula,Petr. 24.
urbanus urbānus, a, um, adj.urbs, of or belonging to the city or town, city-, town- (opp. rusticus; cf.: urbicus, oppidanus). Lit.Adj.: nostri majores non sine causā praeponebant rusticos Romanos urbanis,Varr. R. R. 2, praef. § 1: rustica et urbana vita,id. ib. 3, 1, 1: vita (opp. rustica),Quint. 2, 4, 24; cf. Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 17: urbani assidui cives, quos scurras vocant,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165: scurra,id. Most. 1, 1, 14: leges,id. Rud. 4, 3, 85: tribus,Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38: praetor,Caes. B. C. 3, 20: plebes,Sall. C. 37, 4: servitia,id. ib. 24, 4: exercitus,Liv. 27, 3, 9: administratio rei publicae (opp. provincialis),Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 43: res,Plaut. Cas. 1, 13; Caes. B. G. 7, 6: motus,id. ib. 7, 1: luxus,Tac. A. 2, 44: praedia, land and houses, all land covered by buildings (v. praedium), Dig. 50, 16, 198; 8, 1, 1; cf. ib. 8, tit. 2: fundus,Cato, R. R. 8, 2: rus,Just. 31, 2: cohortes,Dig. 25, 1, 8, § 9.Subst.: urbā-nus, i, m., an inhabitant of a city, a city man, citizen: urbani fiunt rustici,Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 15 sq.: omnes urbani, rustici,Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 77: sermo omnis non modo urbanorum, sed etiam rusticorum,id. Or. 24, 81: otiosi,Liv. 5, 20, 6: obrepere urbanis,Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 2. Esp., devoted to the city, fond of city life: diligere secessum, quem tu nimis urbanus es, nisi concupiscis,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 29.Transf., in the city fashion, in the city style, citizenlike, both in a good and a bad sense. In a good sense. Polished, refined, cultivated, courteous, affable, urbane (syn.: comis, humanus): hominem non solum sapientem, verum etiam, ut nunc loquimur urbanum,Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 3; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 34 sq.; so Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17.Transf., of plants, improved, cultivated, ornamental: sunt arborum quaedam urbaniores, quas his placet nominibus distinguere. Hae mites, quae fructu atque aliqua dote umbrarumve officio humaniusjuvant, non improbe dicantur urbanae. Plin. 16, 19, 32, § 78: acanthi topiariae et urbanae herbae,id. 22, 22, 34, § 76. Of speech. In gen., refined, polished, elegant. nice, choice: in vocibus nostrorum oratorum recinit quiddam et resonat urbanius,Cic. Brut. 46, 171: genus dicendi,Quint. 2, 8, 4: os facile, explanatum, jucundum, urbanum, id est, in quo nulla neque rusticitas neque peregrinitas resonet,id. 11, 3, 30: distinctior et urbanior et altior Cicero,Tac. Or. 18. In partic., of wit, witty, humorous, facetious: urbanus homo erit, cujus multa bene dicta responsaque erunt: et qui in sermonibus, circulis, conviviis, item in contionibus, omni denique loco ridicule commodeque dicet, Domit. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 105: dictum per se urbanum,id. 6, 3, 54: circumfertur Marcii Philippi velut urbanissimum factum atque dictum,Col. 8, 16, 3: qui est in isto genere urbanissimus,Cic. Cael. 15, 36: Romani veteres atque urbani sales,id. Fam. 9, 15, 2: homines lauti et urbani,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17: hic tibi comis et urbanus liberque videtur,
witty
,
clever
,Hor. S. 1, 4, 90: urbanus coepit haberi,id. Ep. 1, 15, 27: in senatu dicax et urbanus et bellus,Plin. Ep. 4, 25, 3: urbanos qui illa censuerunt dicam an miseros? Dicerem urbanos, si senatum deceret urbanitas,id. ib. 8, 6, 3. In a bad sense, bold, forward, impudent: frontis ad urbanae descendi praemia,Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 11: audacia,Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8. Adv.: urbānē (acc. to II. A.). Courteously, civilly, affably, politely, urbanely: severe et graviter et prisce agere, an remisse ac leniter et urbane,Cic. Cael. 14, 33: urbanius agere,id. ib. 15, 36: urbanissime et prudentissime adjuvit, Treb. Gallien. 14. More freq., Of speech, wittily, acutely, elegantly, happily: aliquem facete et urbane ridere,Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 39: bene et urbane dicere,Quint. 6, 3, 42; 5, 7, 26; 6, 1, 46 al.: interrogare,id. 11, 3, 126: emendare,id. 8, 3, 54: urbanius elabi,id. 2, 11, 2: urbanissime respondere,Gell. 15, 5, 3.
urbicapus urbĭcăpus, i, m.urbs-capio, a city taker, taker of cities: urbicape, occisor regum,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 64.
urbicarius urbĭcārĭus, a, um, adj.urbicus, of or belonging to the city (post-class.): regiones, Cod. Th. 11, 28, 14: praefectura,Cod. Just. 3, 24, 1.
urbicremus urbĭcrĕmus, a, um, adj.urbs-cremo, city burning: nubes (of the destruction of Sodom),Prud. Ham. 729.
Urbius Urbĭus (Orbĭus, Fest. p. 182 Müll.) clivus, in Rome on the Esquiline Hill, Liv. 1, 48, 6; Sol. 1, § 25; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 525; and Müll. ad Fest. l. l.
urbs urbs, urbis (dat. VRBEI, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 206), f.Sanscr. vardh-, to make strong; cf. Pers. vard-ana, city, a walled town, a city.Lit. In gen.: hi coetus sedem primum certo loco domiciliorum causā constituerunt: quam cum locis manuque sepsissent, ejusmodi conjunctionem tectorum oppidum vel urbem appellaverunt, delubris distinctam spatiisque communibus,Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41; cf.: post ea qui fiebat orbis, urbis principium,Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.: urbs dicitur ab orbe, quod antiquae civitates in orbem flebant, id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 12: interea Aeneas urbem designat aratro,Verg. A. 5, 755 Serv.: veni Syracusas, quod ab eā urbe ... quae tamen urbs, etc.,Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7: certabant urbem Romam Remoramne vocarent, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 85 Vahl.): arce et urbe sum orba, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 ib.): urbes magnae et imperiosae,id. Rep. 1, 2, 3: urbs illa praeclara (Syracusae),id. ib. 3, 31, 43: duabus urbibus eversis inimicissimis huic imperio,id. Lael. 3, 11. Rarely, and mostly poet., with the name of the city in gen.: urbs Patavi, Buthroti,Verg. A. 1, 247; 3, 293: Cassius in oppido Antiochiae cum omni exercitu,Cic. Att. 5, 18, 1. With adj. prop.: urbs Romana = Roma, Liv. 9, 41, 16; 22, 37, 12; 40, 36, 14; Flor. 1, 13, 21. Of other cities (rare and post-class.): Lampsacenae urbis salus,Val. Max. 7, 3, ext. 4: in urbe Aquilejensi, Paul. v. S. Ambros. 32: urbs urbium,
a metropolis
,Flor. 2, 6, 35. In partic., the city of Rome (like ἄστυ, of Athens): postquam Urbis appellationem, etiamsi nomen proprium non adiceretur, Romam tamen accipi sit receptum,Quint. 6, 3, 103; cf. id. 8, 2, 8; 8, 5, 9: hujus urbis condendae principium profectum a Romulo,Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 47, 71; 1, 1, 1; 1, 37, 58: (Caesar) maturat ab urbe proficisci,Caes. B. G. 1, 7: de urbe augendā quid sit promulgatum, non intellexi,Cic. Att. 13, 20, 1: conditor urbis (Romulus),Ov. F. 1, 27: (pater) Dextera sacras jaculatus arces Terruit urbem,Hor. C. 1, 2, 4: minatus urbi vincla,id. Epod. 9, 9; called also urbs aeterna,Amm. 14, 6, 1. Ad urbem esse, to stop at or near Rome; in publicists' lang., of returning generals, who had to remain outside of the city till the Senate decreed them the right of entrance; or of provincial magistrates who were preparing for departure to their provinces,Cic. Verr. 1, 15, 45 Ascon.; 2, 2, 6, § 17; Sall. C. 30, 4; Caes. B. C. 6, 1.Transf., as in Engl. The city, for the citizens (rare; cf. civitas): invadunt urbem somno vinoque sepultam,Verg. A. 2, 265: maesta attonitaque,Juv. 11, 198: bene moratae, Auct. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 24.The capital city, metropolis (post-class.): si tam vicinum urbi municipium sit, ut, etc.,Dig. 39, 2, 4 fin.; Cod. Th. 14, 1, 3.Trop.: urbem philosophiae, mihi crede, proditis, dum castella defenditis,i. e.
urceatim urcĕātim, adv.urceus, with pitchers: Jovem aquam exorabant: itaque statim urceatim pluebat, i. e. in pailfuls (as we say), Petr. 44.
urceolaris urcĕŏlāris, e, adj. [urceolus), of or belonging to pitchers, pitcher-: herba, a plant used for polishing glass pitchers, pellitory of the wall: Parietaria officinalis, Linn.; Plin. 22, 17, 20, § 44; Scrib. Comp. 39; App. Herb. 81.
ureticus ūrētĭcus, a, um, adj., = οὐρητικός, of or relating to urine, urinary: pori,Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 16.
urgens urgens, entis, Part. and P. a. of urgeo.
urgeo urgeo (less correctly urgueo), ursi (perf. rare; past part. not found), 2, v. a.Gr. vεργ‐, εἵργνυμι, to shut in; Sanscr. varg-, vargami, prevent; Germ. Merk; Engl. work, to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge.Lit. (mostly poet.; syn.: pello, trudo): unda impellitur undā Urgeturque eadem veniens urgetque priorem,Ov. M. 15, 182: urgeris turbā circum te stante,Hor. S. 1, 3, 135: angustoque vagos pisces urgere catino,id. ib. 2, 4, 77: trepidique pedem pede fervidus urget,Verg. A. 12, 748; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21: aut petis aut urges ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum,i. e.
roll up
,Ov. M. 4, 460: versaque in obnixos urguentur cornua vasto Cum gemitu,Verg. G. 3, 222: tres (naves) Eurus ab alto In brevia et Syrtes urget,id. A. 1, 111: miserum tenues in jecur urget acus,Ov. H. 6, 92: equites in oppidum, Auct. B. Afr. 6, 3: (Mars) aetherias currus urgebat ad arces,Stat. Th. 3, 222.Transf.To press upon (as something burdensome or compulsory). To bear hard or close upon; press hard, beset (class.): Caesar cum septimam legionem, quae juxta constiterat, urgeri ab hoste vidisset,Caes. B. G. 2, 26; 2, 25; Sall. J. 56, 6; cf.: hinc Pallas instat et urget Hinc contra Lausus,Verg. A. 10, 433: urgent impavidi te Salaminius Teucer, te Sthenelus,Hor. C. 1, 15, 23: hac urget lupus, hac canis angit,id. S. 2, 2, 64. To weigh or bear down, to burden, oppress: at onus urget,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 35; cf.: onus aut jam urgentis aut certe adventantis senectutis,Cic. Sen. 1, 2: quod latus mundi nebulae malusque Juppiter urget,Hor. C. 1, 22, 20: quem scabies aut morbus urget,id. A. P. 453; cf.: ergo Quintilium perpetuus sopor Urget,id. C. 1, 24, 5: omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,id. ib. 4, 9, 27: populus militiā atque inopiā urguebatur,Sall. J. 41, 7: praesens atque urgens malum,Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61.To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit (syn. insto): quod te urget, scelus, Qui huic sis molestus?Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 47: etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo,Cic. Planc. 19, 48: quamobrem, ut facis, urge, insta, perfice,id. Att. 13, 32, 1: Lepidus ursit me et suis et Antonii litteris, ut, etc., Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 4: nihil urget,
,Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4; cf. altum, to force or plunge into, Hor. C. 2, 10, 2. Urgeri, with gen., to be hard pressed, prosecuted for any thing: male administratae provinciae aliorumque criminum,Tac. A. 6, 29. Poet., with inf.: marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Summovere litora,Hor. C. 2, 18, 20. Hence, urgens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.B.1.), pressing, cogent, urgent (postclass. and very rare): urgentior causa,Tert. Res. Carn. 2 med.: urgentissima ratio,Cod. Just. 3, 11, 1. Adv.: urgenter, pressingly (late Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 30, 1.
urinor ūrīnor, āri, v. dep. (ante-class. collat. form ūrīno, āre) [urina; Gr. οὐρέω], to plunge under water, to dive: urinare est mergi in aquam,Varr. L. L. 5, § 126 Müll.; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 474, 27; Plin. 11, 37, 72, § 188. Part.: urinantes,Plin. 9 30, 48, § 91.
urinus ūrĭnus, a, um, adj., = οὔρινος, full of wind, windy: ovum,
urnalis urnālis, e, adj.urna, II. D., containing an urn, holding half an amphora: urcei,Cato, R. R. 13, 3: caliculi, Trebius Niger ap. Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 93. Plur. subst.: urnālĭa, ĭum, n., vessels of such capacity, Dig. 33, 6, 16.
urnarium urnārĭum, ii, n.urna, I., a table on which water-vessels were set, an urn-table, Varr. L. L. 5, § 126 Müll.; id. ap. Non. 544, 20.
urniger urnĭger, ĕra, ĕrum, adj.urna-gero, urn-bearing: puer, i. e. the constellation Aquarius, Auct. Carm. Sign. Cael. 12 (in Anth. Lat. Burm. 2, p. 314).
urnula urnŭla, ae, f.dim.urna, a little urn. * A water-urn, Varr. ap. Non. 544, 9: fictiles urnulae,Cic. Par. 1, 2, 11.A cinerary urn, Spart. Sev. 24.
uro ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a.for uso from root us; cf. Gr. εὔω, to singe; αὔω, to kindle, to burn (class.). Lit. In gen.: (sacer ignis) urit corpore serpens Quamcumque arripuit partem,Lucr. 6, 660: urere ne possit calor amplius aridus artus,id. 4, 871: calidum hoc est: etsi procul abest, urit male,Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 81: urit odoratam nocturna in lumina cedrum,Verg. A. 7, 13: homines in usum nocturni luminis,Tac. A. 15, 44: picem et ceras alimentaque cetera flammae,Ov. M. 14, 533. In partic. To burn up, destroy by fire, consume (syn. cremo): hominem mortuum, inquit lex in XII., in urbe ne sepelito neve urito,Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 58 Mos.; so XII. Tab. ib. 2, 24, 60: flamma cum corpora fulva leonum soleat torrere atque urere,Lucr. 5, 898 (902): in corpore si quid ejusmodi est, quod reliquo corpori noceat, id uri secarique patimur,Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15: agros,Liv. 26, 21, 15: urbes hostium,Tac. H. 2, 12: superbas Carthaginis arces,Hor. Epod. 7, 6: Achaïcus Ignis Iliacas domos,id. C. 1, 15, 35; cf.: usto ab Ilio,id. Epod. 10, 13: ustis navibus,id. ib. 9, 8: neglectis urenda filix innascitur agris,id. S. 1, 3, 37: cum frondibus uritur arbos,Ov. M. 2, 212 et saep.: acanthi radices ustis laxatisque mire prosunt,
,Juv. 6, 260.To rub sore; to gall, fret, chafe, corrode: calceus ... si pede minor, uret,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 43: si te gravis uret sarcina chartae,id. ib. 1, 13, 6: teneros urit lorica lacertos,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 23.uri virgis,Hor. S. 2, 7, 58: loris non ureris,id. Ep. 1, 16, 47: antiqua terebra urit eam partem quam perforat: Gallica excavat nec urit,Col. Arb. 8, 3: ut prensos urant juga prima juvencos,Ov. R. Am. 235. To pinch with cold; to nip, blast, wither: pernoctant venatores in nive, in montibus uri se patiuntur,Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40: Scythae continuis frigoribus uruntur,Just. 2, 2, 9: iis, quae frigus usserit, sunt remedio,Plin. 22, 25, 57, § 119; Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 8; id. F. 1, 680: urebant montana nives,Luc. 4, 52; Val. Fl. 2, 287.Trop., to burn, inflame, consume with passion; in pass., to burn, glow, be heated, be inflamed, be enamored; of love or lust: me tamen urit amor,Verg. E. 2, 68: Daphnis me malus urit,id. ib. 8, 83: vires urit videndo Femina,id. G. 3, 215: urit me Glycerae nitor, Urit grata protervitas,Hor. C. 1, 19, 5 sq. Pass.: uritur infelix Dido,Verg. A. 4, 68: Hor. Epod. 14, 13; Ov. M. 1, 496; 3, 464; 7, 22; 13, 763 al.: meum jecur urere bilis,Hor. S. 1, 9, 66: ira communiter urit utrumque,id. Ep. 1, 2, 13. Pass.: uror, seu, etc.,Hor. C. 1, 13, 9. Of envy: urit fulgore suo,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 13.Transf.To vex, annoy: uro hominem,
urvo urvo (urbo), āre, v. n.urvum, to plough round, mark out with a plough: urvat, Ennius in Andromedā significat circumdat, ab eo sulco, qui fit in urbe condendā urvo aratri ... Ait autem: Circum sese urvat ad pedes, etc.,Fest. p. 375 Müll. N. cr. (Trag. v. 141 Vahl.); cf.: urvare est aratro definire,Dig. 50, 16, 239, § 6.
urvum urvum (urbum), i, n., the curved part of a plough, the plough-tail, with which the bounds of cities were marked out, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 10 Schneid. N. cr.; cf. id. L. L. 5, §§ 127 and 135 Müll.; Dig. 50, 16, 239, § 6.