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οὖρος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: οὖρος οὔρου

Structure: οὐρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a trench or channel

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative οὖρος ού̓ρω οῦ̓ροι
Genitive ού̓ρου ού̓ροιν ού̓ρων
Dative ού̓ρῳ ού̓ροιν ού̓ροις
Accusative οῦ̓ρον ού̓ρω ού̓ρους
Vocative οῦ̓ρε ού̓ρω οῦ̓ροι

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)

Synonyms

  1. a trench or channel

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