uraeus
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URAEUS — Ce mot, en toute rigueur du genre masculin, mais souvent employé au féminin, car il désigne un cobra femelle, est un terme d’érudits, emprunté, pendant la Renaissance, au commentateur hellénistique Horapollon; on peut douter que la forme grecque… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Uraeus — U*r[ae] us, n. [NL., fr. L. uraeus pertaining to a tail, Gr. ?, fr. ? tail.] (Egypt. Arch[ae]ol.) A serpent, or serpent s head and neck, represented on the front of the headdresses of divinities and sovereigns as an emblem of supreme power.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
uraeus — s.n. Reprezentare a şarpelui naja, care orna coroana faraonilor. [pron. u ré us. / < fr., lat. uraeus, cf. gr. ouraios – al cozii]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN … Dicționar Român
uraeus — [yoo rē′əs] n. pl. uraei [yo͞o′ī΄] [ModL < LGr ouraios, cobra < Egypt yʿrt: form infl. by Gr ouraios, of the tail < oura, tail: see URO 2] the figure of the sacred asp or cobra on the headdress of ancient Egyptian rulers … English World dictionary
Uraeus — Mask of Tutankhamun s mummy featuring a uraeus from the eighteenth dynasty when the cobra image of Wadjet from the original uraeus had been joined by the white vulture image of Nekhbet because of the unification of Lower and Upper Egypt The… … Wikipedia
Uraeus — Mascara de Tut anj Amón (Tutankamon) portando el uræus. El uræus, o ureus, es una representación de la diosa Uadyet. La imagen del uræus constituyó el emblema protector preferente de muchos faraones, quienes eran los únicos que podían portarlo… … Wikipedia Español
Uraeus — The word used by Egyptologists for the cobra goddess who personified the burning eye of the sun god Re. Represented as an enraged cobra with a dilated throat, the uraeus appears on the front of the king s headdress and, in association with… … Ancient Egypt
uraeus — noun (plural uraei) Etymology: New Latin, from Late Greek ouraios, a kind of snake Date: 1832 a representation of the sacred asp (Naja haje) appearing in ancient Egyptian art and especially on the headdress of rulers and serving as a symbol of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Uraeus — Uræus Pharaon portant l uræus, le némés et la barbe postiche Dans l antiquité égyptienne, l uræus (prononciation : [ … Wikipédia en Français
uraeus — /yoo ree euhs/, n., pl. uraeuses. the sacred asp as represented upon the headdress of divinities and royal personages of ancient Egypt, usually directly over the forehead, as an emblem of supreme power. [1825 35; < NL < LGk ouraîos, perh. based… … Universalium
