ὄρρος

See also: ορρός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ór̥.r̥os/ → /ˈor.ros/ → /ˈo.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ór̥.r̥os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ros/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁orsos (“bottom, arse”). Cognates include Old Armenian ոռ (oṙ), Old Irish err, Old English ærs (English arse, ass), and perhaps Hittite 𒅈𒊏𒀸 (arraš). See also οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”).

Noun

ὄρρος • (órrhos) m (genitive ὄρρου); second declension

1. (vulgar) butt, ass

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὄρρος; τοῦ ὄρρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὄρρος ho órrhos	τὼ ὄρρω tṑ órrhō	οἱ ὄρροι hoi órrhoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὄρρου toû órrhou	τοῖν ὄρροιν toîn órrhoin	τῶν ὄρρων tôn órrhōn
Dative	τῷ ὄρρῳ tôi órrhōi	τοῖν ὄρροιν toîn órrhoin	τοῖς ὄρροις toîs órrhois
Accusative	τὸν ὄρρον tòn órrhon	τὼ ὄρρω tṑ órrhō	τοὺς ὄρρους toùs órrhous
Vocative	ὄρρε órrhe	ὄρρω órrhō	ὄρροι órrhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See also

• πρωκτός (prōktós)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ὄρρος • (órrhos) m (genitive ὅρρου); second declension

1. Megarian form of ὅρος (hóros)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὄρρος; τοῦ ὄρρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὄρρος ho órrhos	τὼ ὄρρω tṑ órrhō	οἱ ὄρροι hoi órrhoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὄρρου toû órrhou	τοῖν ὄρροιν toîn órrhoin	τῶν ὄρρων tôn órrhōn
Dative	τῷ ὄρρῳ tôi órrhōi	τοῖν ὄρροιν toîn órrhoin	τοῖς ὄρροις toîs órrhois
Accusative	τὸν ὄρρον tòn órrhon	τὼ ὄρρω tṑ órrhō	τοὺς ὄρρους toùs órrhous
Vocative	ὄρρε órrhe	ὄρρω órrhō	ὄρροι órrhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὄρρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὄρρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὄρρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • rump idem, page 726.