LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
suffix · femininefirst declension

-ūra

-ūra f (genitive -ūrae)
Classical[uː.ra]Ecclesiastical[u.ra]

Meaning

  1. morphemepost ClassicalSuffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives.

Origins

From Classical Latin -tūra, which typically derived abstract nouns from the supine/perfect past participle stem of verb bases (e.g. coniectūra from the verb coniciō (“to throw; foretell; conjecture”) (supine stem coniect-).

Quick answers

What does -ūra mean in Latin?
-ūra, a suffix, means “Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives.”.
How do you pronounce -ūra?
In classical Latin, [uː.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [u.ra].