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οὖρον

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Ancient Greek

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

    Noun

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    οὖρον (oûronn (genitive οὔρου); second declension

    1. urine
      Synonym: ὄμειχμα (ómeikhma)
    Inflection
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    Descendants
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    • Greek: ούρο (oúro), ούρα (oúra)

    Etymology 2

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      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

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      οὖρον (oûronn (genitive οὔρου); second declension

      1. range, space
      Inflection
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      Etymology 3

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Noun

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      οὖρον (oûron)

      1. accusative singular of οὖρος (oûros)

      References

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      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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