Uraeus Definition

yo͝o-rēəs
uraei
noun
The figure of the sacred asp or cobra on the headdress of ancient Egyptian rulers.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Uraeus

Noun

Singular:
uraeus
Plural:
uraei, uraeuses

Origin of Uraeus

  • New Latin ūraeus from Late Greek ouraios cobra perhaps alteration (influenced by Greek ouraios of the tail) of Egyptian y‘rt

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin uraeus, from Ancient Greek οὐραῖος (oúraÄ©os), from Egyptian

    From Wiktionary

  • ỉꜥrt "˜cobra in threat posture', from ỉꜥr "˜to rise, climb'.

    From Wiktionary

Uraeus Sentence Examples

  • The pattern of the wig-lappets has been quoted to prove that it dates from the XIIth Dynasty, but it is said that the peculiar disposition of the uraeus on its forehead agrees with that in the earliest sculptures.

  • They are copies of the Egyptian, both in form and posture, wearing the pshent and the uraeus, but distinguished by having the Assyrian wings.

  • The Pharaoh's characteristic crown (or crowns) symbolized his royal domains, the sacred uraeus marked his divine ancestry, and he sometimes appeared in the costume of the gods with their fillets adorned with double feathers and horns.

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Words Starting With

UURURA

Words Ending With

SUSEUS

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