urvo

See also: Urvo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *werw-, with cognates including Ancient Greek ὅρος (hóros).

Pronunciation

Noun

urvō

  1. dative/ablative singular of urvum

Verb

urvō (present infinitive urvāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems (intransitive)

  1. to mark out a furrow with a plough
  2. (particularly) to follow the future course of a city wall during the sulcus prīmigenius ritual

Conjugation

References

  • urvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • urvo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • urvo in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung