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ursa, ae, f. [ursus], a she-bear.

  1. I. Lit., Ov. M. 2, 485; 13, 803; 13, 836; 15, 379; id. F. 2, 181; Mart. 6, 25, 2.
    1. B. Poet., a bear, in gen., Verg. A. 5, 37; Ov. M. 12, 319; 14, 255.
  2. II. Transf.: Ursa, as a constellation, either Ursa Major, the Greater Bear, or Ursa Minor, the Lesser Bear, Ov. H. 18 (17), 152; id. Tr. 1, 4, 1; 3, 11, 8; 5, 3, 7; Val. Fl. 4, 724; Suet. Aug. 80.

ursus, i, m. [for urcsus; Sanscr. arća; Gr. ἄρκτος], a bear, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 131; Ov. M. 2, 494; 10, 540; Hor. Epod. 16, 51; id. C. 3, 4, 18; id. A. P. 472; Juv. 4, 106; Sen. Ira, 2, 31, 6; 3, 43, 2; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 100 Müll.
Prov.: fumantem nasum vivi tentaveris ursi, i. e. to provoke a dangerous person. Mart. 6, 64, 28: ursum poscunt, a bear-baiting in the circus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 186.