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 *wr̥eina. Cognates include Latin ūrīna and Sanskrit 'vrṇṓti'.

Noun

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

1. urine
   • 460-420 BC, 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 (genitive οὔρου) n, second declension; (ouron)

1. range, space
   • 7th, 8th century BC, 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

References

• LSJ 8th edition