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οὐρά̄

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: οὐρά̄ οὐρᾶς

Structure: οὐρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: akin to o)/rros

Sense

  1. the tail, of a lion, dog etc.
  2. (of an army marching) the rear-guard, rear

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • θείνοντε δ’ οὐρᾷ πωλικῆσ ῥινοῦ τρίχα ἤλαυνον, αἳ δ’ ἔρρεγκον ἐξ ἀντηρίδων θυμὸν πνέουσαι κἀνεχαίτιζον φόβῳ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 2:3)
  • πολλάκισ δὲ καὶ τὸ στρογγύλον ὁ κεστρεὺσ ὑποπτεύων ἐν κύκλῳ περινήχεται, τῇ οὐρᾷ περιρραπίζων τὸ ἐδώδιμον καὶ ἀνακάπτων τὸ ἀποκρουόμενον· (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 24 13:1)
  • ὁ δὲ τέωσ μὲν ἦγεν ἐν πλαισίῳ τὸ στράτευμα, τοὺσ ἡμίσεισ μὲν ἔμπροσθεν, τοὺσ ἡμίσεισ δὲ ἐπ’ οὐρᾷ ἔχων τῶν ἱππέων· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 2 3:2)
  • μηρούσ γε μὴν τοὺσ ὑπὸ τῇ οὐρᾷ ἢν ἅμα πλατείᾳ τῇ γραμμῇ διωρισμένουσ ἔχῃ, οὕτω καὶ τὰ ὄπισθεν σκέλη διὰ πολλοῦ ὑποθήσει. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 17:1)
  • καὶ οὐρὰν δὲ καὶ χαίτην πλύνειν χρή, ἐπείπερ αὔξειν δεῖ τὰσ τρίχασ, τὰσ μὲν ἐν τῇ οὐρᾷ, ὅπωσ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἐξικνούμενοσ ἀποσοβῆται ὁ ἵπποσ τὰ λυποῦντα, τὰσ δὲ ἐν τῷ τραχήλῳ, ὅπωσ τῷ ἀναβάτῃ ὡσ ἀφθονωτάτη ἀντίληψισ ᾖ. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 8:1)
  • οὗτοσ δανειεῖ σοι, σὺ δὲ τούτῳ οὐ δανειεῖσ, σὺ δὲ τούτῳ οὐ δανειεῖσ. οὗτοσ ἔσται κεφαλή, σὺ δὲ ἔσῃ οὐρά. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 28:44)
  • οὐκέτι τὰ κέρατα οὐδὲ οὐρὰ καὶ δίχηλα τὰ σκέλη, ἀλλ̓ ἐπέραστοσ κόρη. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, notus and zephuros, chapter 210)
  • τὸ δ̓ ἐν ἀριστερᾷ εὐώνυμον κέρασ καὶ οὐρά. (Arrian, chapter 8 8:2)
  • ὑπὲρ δὲ τὰσ πυγὰσ ἑκάστῳ αὐτῶν κράμβη ἐκπέφυκε μακρὰ ὥσπερ οὐρά, θάλλουσα ἐσ ἀεὶ καὶ ὑπτίου ἀναπίπτοντοσ οὐ κατακλωμένη. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 23:13)

Synonyms

  1. the rear-guard

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