οὖρον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA: /o᷇ː.ron/ → /ˈu.ron/ → /ˈu.ron/

• 5th BC Attic: IPA: /o᷇ː.ron/
• 1st BC Egyptian: IPA: /ˈu.ron/
• 4th AD Koine: IPA: /ˈu.ron/
• 10th AD Byzantine: IPA: /ˈu.ron/
• 15th AD Constantinopolitan: IPA: /ˈu.ron/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

οὖρον • (oûron) (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 (órnumi, “excite”)

Noun

οὖρον • (oûron) (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 • (oûron)

1. accusative singular of οὖρος (oûros)

References

• LSJ 8th edition