οὖρον

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From οὐρέω (ouréō, to urinate). Not related to Latin ūrīna.[1]

Noun

οὖρον (oûronn (genitive οὔρου); second declension

  1. urine
    Synonym: ὄμειχμα (ómeikhma)
Inflection
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 (oûronn (genitive οὔρου); second declension

  1. range, space
Inflection

Etymology 3

Noun

οὖρον (oûron)

  1. accusative singular of οὖρος (oûros)

References

  1. ^ 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

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