οὐρητήρ

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οὐρέω (ouréō, “I make water”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr, suffix to form a masculine noun).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

οὐρητήρ • (ourētḗr) m (genitive οὐρητῆρος); third declension

  1. = οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “urethra”)
  2. οὐρητῆρες (ourētêres, plural) the ducts which convey the urine from the kidneys into the bladder

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ οὐρητήρ; τοῦ οὐρητῆρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ οὐρητήρ
ho ourētḗr 		τὼ οὐρητῆρε
tṑ ourētêre 		οἱ οὐρητῆρες
hoi ourētêres
Genitive τοῦ οὐρητῆρος
toû ourētêros 		τοῖν οὐρητήροιν
toîn ourētḗroin 		τῶν οὐρητήρων
tôn ourētḗrōn
Dative τῷ οὐρητῆρῐ
tôi ourētêri 		τοῖν οὐρητήροιν
toîn ourētḗroin 		τοῖς οὐρητῆρσῐ / οὐρητῆρσῐν
toîs ourētêrsi(n)
Accusative τὸν οὐρητῆρᾰ
tòn ourētêra 		τὼ οὐρητῆρε
tṑ ourētêre 		τοὺς οὐρητῆρᾰς
toùs ourētêras
Vocative οὐρητήρ
ourētḗr 		οὐρητῆρε
ourētêre 		οὐρητῆρες
ourētêres
Notes:

Descendants

  • → English: ureter

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