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οὖρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: οὖρος οὖρᾱ οὖρον

Structure: οὐρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative οῦ̓ρος ού̓͂ρᾱ οῦ̓ρον
Genitive ού̓ρου ού̓͂ρᾱς ού̓ρου
Dative ού̓ρῳ ού̓͂ρᾱͅ ού̓ρῳ
Accusative οῦ̓ρον ού̓͂ρᾱν οῦ̓ρον
Vocative οῦ̓ρε ού̓͂ρᾱ οῦ̓ρον
DualN/A/V ού̓ρω ού̓͂ρᾱ ού̓ρω
G/D ού̓ροιν ού̓͂ραιν ού̓ροιν
PluralNominative οῦ̓ροι οῦ̓͂ραι οῦ̓ρα
Genitive ού̓ρων οὖρῶν ού̓ρων
Dative ού̓ροις ού̓͂ραις ού̓ροις
Accusative ού̓ρους ού̓͂ρᾱς οῦ̓ρα
Vocative οῦ̓ροι οῦ̓͂ραι οῦ̓ρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective οῦ̓ρος ού̓ρου οὐρότερος οὐροτέρου οὐρότατος οὐροτάτου
Adverb ού̓ρως οὐρότερον οὐρότατα

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

  • νῦν δὲ γένοιτό τισ οὖροσ ἐκ κακῶν, ὦ παῖ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 1:33)
  • καὶ τὸ οὖροσ τὸ πρὸσ τῇ πόλι, ὅτου ἐν τῇσιν ὑπωρείῃσιν ᾤκισται ἡ Νῦσα, Μηρὸσ κληίζεται ἐπὶ τῇ συμφορῇ ᾗτινι ἐχρήσατο εὐθὺσ γενόμενοσ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 1 6:1)
  • οὖροι δὲ τῆσ Ἰνδῶν γῆσ πρὸσ μὲν βορέεω ἀνέμου ὁ Ταῦροσ τὸ οὖροσ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 2 1:2)
  • ἄλλο δὲ ἄλλῃ καλέεται τὸ οὖροσ, τῇ μὲν Παραπάμισοσ τῇ δὲ Ἠμωδόσ· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 2 3:1)
  • Διονύσου μέν γε τῆσ στρατηλασίησ καὶ Νῦσα πόλισ μνῆμα οὐ φαῦλον, καὶ ὁ Μηρὸσ τὸ οὖροσ, καὶ ὁ κισσὸσ ὅστισ ἐν τῷ οὔρεϊ τούτῳ φύεται, καὶ αὐτοὶ Ἰνδοὶ ὑπὸ τυμπάνων τε καὶ κυμβάλων στελλόμενοι ἐσ τὰσ μάχασ, καὶ ἐσθὴσ αὐτοῖσι κατάστικτοσ ἐοῦσα, κατάπερ τοῦ Διονύσου τοῖσι βάκχοισιν· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 5 9:1)

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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