οὖρον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ó͜oron/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /úːron/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /úron/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /úron/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /úɾon/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂worsom, from *h₂wers- (“to rain, drip”).

Noun

οὖρον • (ouron) (genitive οὔρου) n, second declension

1. urine
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.111

Inflection

Second declension of οὖρον, οὔρου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	οὖρον	οὔρω	οὖρᾰ
Genitive	οὔρου	οὔροιν	οὔρων
Dative	οὔρῳ	οὔροιν	οὔροις
Accusative	οὖρον	οὔρω	οὖρᾰ
Vocative	οὖρον	οὔρω	οὖρᾰ

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to ὄρνυμι (ornumi, “excite”)

Noun

οὖρον • (ouron) (genitive οὔρου) n, second declension

1. range, space
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.431

Inflection

Second declension of οὖρον, οὔρου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	οὖρον	οὔρω	οὖρᾰ
Genitive	οὔρου	οὔροιν	οὔρων
Dative	οὔρῳ	οὔροιν	οὔροις
Accusative	οὖρον	οὔρω	οὖρᾰ
Vocative	οὖρον	οὔρω	οὖρᾰ

Etymology 3

Noun

οὖρον • (ouron)

1. accusative singular of οὖρος (ouros)

References

• LSJ 8th edition