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οὔρισμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: οὔρισμα οὔρισματος

Structure: οὐρισματ (Stem)

Etym.: ionic for o(/risma

Sense

  1. a boundary-line

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative οὔρισμα οὐρίσματε οὐρίσματα
Genitive οὐρίσματος οὐρισμάτοιν οὐρισμάτων
Dative οὐρίσματι οὐρισμάτοιν οὐρίσμασιν*
Accusative οὔρισμα οὐρίσματε οὐρίσματα
Vocative ού̓ρισμα οὐρίσματε οὐρίσματα

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

  • καὶ τὴν μὲν Ιὤνων γνώμην ἀπίεμεν, ἡμεῖσ δὲ ὧδε καὶ περὶ τούτων λέγομεν, Αἴγυπτον μὲν πᾶσαν εἶναι ταύτην τὴν ὑπ’ Αἰγυπτίων οἰκεομένην κατά περ Κιλικίην τὴν ὑπὸ Κιλίκων καὶ Ἀσσυρίην τὴν ὑπὸ Ἀσσυρίων, οὔρισμα δὲ Ἀσίῃ καὶ Λιβύῃ οἴδαμεν οὐδὲν ἐὸν ὀρθῷ λόγῳ εἰ μὴ τοὺσ Αἰγυπτίων οὔρουσ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 17 2:1)
  • οὐδ’ ἔχω συμβαλέσθαι ἐπ’ ὅτευ μιῇ ἐούσῃ γῇ οὐνόματα τριφάσια κέεται ἐπωνυμίασ ἔχοντα γυναικῶν, καὶ οὐρίσματα αὐτῇ Νεῖλόσ τε ὁ Αἰγύπτιοσ ποταμὸσ ἐτέθη καὶ Φᾶσισ ὁ Κόλχοσ οἳ δὲ Τάναιν ποταμὸν τὸν Μαιήτην καὶ πορθμήια τὰ Κιμμέρια λέγουσι, οὐδὲ τῶν διουρισάντων τὰ οὐνόματα πυθέσθαι, καὶ ὅθεν ἔθεντο τὰσ ἐπωνυμίασ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 45 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. a boundary-line

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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