οὐρήθρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οὐρέω (ouréō, “I make water”) +‎ -ήθρα (-ḗthra), from οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.rɛ̌ː.tʰraː/ → /uˈri.θra/ → /uˈri.θra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.rɛ̌ː.tʰraː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /uˈre̝.tʰra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /uˈri.θra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /uˈri.θra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /uˈri.θra/

Noun

οὐρήθρα • (ourḗthra) f (genitive οὐρήθρας); first declension

1. (anatomy) urethra
2. sewage tank

Inflection

First declension of ἡ οὐρήθρᾱ; τῆς οὐρήθρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ οὐρήθρᾱ hē ourḗthrā	τὼ οὐρήθρᾱ tṑ ourḗthrā	αἱ οὐρῆθραι hai ourêthrai
Genitive	τῆς οὐρήθρᾱς tês ourḗthrās	τοῖν οὐρήθραιν toîn ourḗthrain	τῶν οὐρηθρῶν tôn ourēthrôn
Dative	τῇ οὐρήθρᾳ têi ourḗthrāi	τοῖν οὐρήθραιν toîn ourḗthrain	ταῖς οὐρήθραις taîs ourḗthrais
Accusative	τὴν οὐρήθρᾱν tḕn ourḗthrān	τὼ οὐρήθρᾱ tṑ ourḗthrā	τᾱ̀ς οὐρήθρᾱς tā̀s ourḗthrās
Vocative	οὐρήθρᾱ ourḗthrā	οὐρήθρᾱ ourḗthrā	οὐρῆθραι ourêthrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: ουρήθρα (ouríthra)
• → Latin: ūrēthra
• → English: urethra

References

• “οὐρήθρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• οὐρήθρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette