οὐρέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *eworhéyō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wors-éye-ti (“to make it rain”), from *h₂wers-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.ré.ɔː/ → /uˈre.o/ → /uˈre.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.ré.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /uˈre.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /uˈre.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /uˈre.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /uˈre.o/

Verb

οὐρέω • (ouréō)

1. to make water, urinate
2. to pass with the water
3. to act as diuretic

Inflection

   Present: οὐρῶ (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	οὐρῶ	οὐρεῖς	οὐρεῖ	οὐρεῖτον	οὐρεῖτον	οὐροῦμεν	οὐρεῖτε	οὐροῦσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	οὐρῶ	οὐρῇς	οὐρῇ	οὐρῆτον	οὐρῆτον	οὐρῶμεν	οὐρῆτε	οὐρῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	οὐροίην, οὐροῖμῐ	οὐροίης, οὐροῖς	οὐροίη, οὐροῖ	οὐροῖτον, οὐροίητον	οὐροίτην, οὐροιήτην	οὐροῖμεν, οὐροίημεν	οὐροῖτε, οὐροίητε	οὐροῖεν, οὐροίησᾰν
	imperative		οὔρει	οὐρείτω	οὐρεῖτον	οὐρείτων		οὐρεῖτε	οὐρούντων
		active
infinitive		οὐρεῖν
participle	m	οὐρῶν
	f	οὐροῦσᾰ
	n	οὐροῦν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐούρουν (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐούρουν	ἐούρεις	ἐούρει	ἐουρεῖτον	ἐουρείτην	ἐουροῦμεν	ἐουρεῖτε	ἐούρουν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• οὖρον (oûron, “urine”)
• οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “urethra”, noun)
• οὐρητήρ (ourētḗr, “urethra”, noun)

Descendants

• ⇒ Greek: ουρώ (ouró)

Further reading

• “οὐρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press