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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably related to οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), with a suffix found also in κύμβαχος (kúmbakhos, “headfirst”) and στόμαχος (stómakhos, “throat, gullet; stomach”). See also οὐρᾰχός (ourakhós, “urachus”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uː.rí.a.kʰos/ → /uˈri.a.xos/ → /uˈri.a.xos/
Noun
οὐρῐ́ᾰχος • (ouríakhos) m (genitive οὐρῐᾰ́χου); second declension
- bottom, butt-end of a spear
- Antonym: αἰχμή (aikhmḗ)
- part of an oar
Inflection
References
Further reading
- “οὐρίαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “οὐρίαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “οὐρίαχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- οὐρίαχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- οὐρίαχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963