οὖρον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ûː.ron/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ron/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ron/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ron/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ron/

Etymology 1

From οὐρέω (ouréō, “to urinate”). Not related to Latin ūrīna.

Noun

οὖρον • (oûron) n (genitive οὔρου); second declension

urine
Synonym: ὄμειχμα (ómeikhma)
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.111

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ οὖρον; τοῦ οὔρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ οὖρον tò oûron	τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō	τᾰ̀ οὖρᾰ tà oûra
Genitive	τοῦ οὔρου toû oúrou	τοῖν οὔροιν toîn oúroin	τῶν οὔρων tôn oúrōn
Dative	τῷ οὔρῳ tôi oúrōi	τοῖν οὔροιν toîn oúroin	τοῖς οὔροις toîs oúrois
Accusative	τὸ οὖρον tò oûron	τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō	τᾰ̀ οὖρᾰ tà oûra
Vocative	οὖρον oûron	οὔρω oúrō	οὖρᾰ oûra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

οὐράνη (ouránē)
οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra)
οὐρητήρ (ourētḗr)

Descendants

Greek: ούρο (oúro), ούρα (oúra)

Etymology 2

Perhaps formed from οὖρος (oûros, “furrow, frontier”), itself from ὄρος (óros, “mountain, district, sector”).

Also compare Sanskrit वरस् (váras, “expanse, space, range, breadth, room”), अउरव (aürava, “space, width, dimension, extension”).

Noun

οὖρον • (oûron) n (genitive οὔρου); second declension

range, space
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.431

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ οὖρον; τοῦ οὔρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ οὖρον tò oûron	τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō	τᾰ̀ οὖρᾰ tà oûra
Genitive	τοῦ οὔρου toû oúrou	τοῖν οὔροιν toîn oúroin	τῶν οὔρων tôn oúrōn
Dative	τῷ οὔρῳ tôi oúrōi	τοῖν οὔροιν toîn oúroin	τοῖς οὔροις toîs oúrois
Accusative	τὸ οὖρον tò oûron	τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō	τᾰ̀ οὖρᾰ tà oûra
Vocative	οὖρον oûron	οὔρω oúrō	οὖρᾰ oûra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 3

Noun

οὖρον • (oûron)

accusative singular of οὖρος (oûros)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “οὐρέω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

οὖρον

Contents

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Inflection

Related terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

Inflection

Etymology 3

Noun

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