ischuria

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English

Noun

ischuria (countable and uncountable, plural ischurias)

  1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of ischury

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰσχουρία (iskhouría, retention of urine), from ἴσχω (ískhō, I keep back, restrain) + οὖρον (oûron, urine).

Noun

ischūria f (genitive ischūriae); first declension

  1. ischury

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ischūria ischūriae
genitive ischūriae ischūriārum
dative ischūriae ischūriīs
accusative ischūriam ischūriās
ablative ischūriā ischūriīs
vocative ischūria ischūriae

References

  • ischuria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ischuria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.