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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

  • πλὴν ὅτι ζῇ Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ Ἰσραήλ, ὃσ ἀπεκώλυσέ με σήμερον τοῦ κακοποιῆσαί σε, ὅτι εἰ μὴ ἔσπευσασ καὶ παρεγένου εἰσ ἀπάντησίν μοι, τότε εἶπα. εἰ ὑπολειφθήσεται τῷ Νάβαλ ἕωσ φωτὸσ τοῦ πρωί̈ οὐρῶν πρὸσ τοῖχον. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 25:34)
  • πᾶν δὲ πλωτὸν συνελθὸν οὐ μὴ ἐνέγκωσι βύρσαν μίαν οὐρᾶσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν πλοίοισ ἁλιέων κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 40:31)
  • οὐρὰσ λεπτὰσ μακράσ, δασείασ τὴν τρίχα, ὑγρὰσ εὐκαμπεῖσ, τὸ ἄκρον τῆσ οὐρᾶσ δασύτερον. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 5 9:5)
  • ἐπειδὰν δ̓ ἱκανῶσ φαίνωνται ἔχειν, ἐπαίρειν τῆσ οὐρᾶσ λαβόμενον καὶ ἀνατείναντα ἀφιέναι· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 10 4:1)
  • θείνοντε δ’ οὐρᾷ πωλικῆσ ῥινοῦ τρίχα ἤλαυνον, αἳ δ’ ἔρρεγκον ἐξ ἀντηρίδων θυμὸν πνέουσαι κἀνεχαίτιζον φόβῳ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 2:3)
  • 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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