οὖρον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ûː.ron/ → /ˈu.ron/ → /ˈu.ron/

• (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 Proto-Hellenic *eworhon, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂worsom, from *h₂wers- (“to rain, drip”). Cf. *weh₁r- (“water, liquid, milk”). Compare Latin ūrīna.

Noun

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

1. 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.

Derived terms

• οὐράνη (ouránē)
• οὐρέω (ouréō)
  • 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

1. 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)

1. accusative singular of οὖρος (oûros)

Further reading

• “οὖρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “οὖρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “οὖρον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• οὖρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• οὖρον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963