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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

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

  • οὖροι δὲ τῆσ Ἰνδῶν γῆσ πρὸσ μὲν βορέεω ἀνέμου ὁ Ταῦροσ τὸ οὖροσ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 2 1:2)
  • ἔνθα μ’ ἐείκοσιν ἤματ’ ἔχον θεοί, οὐδέ ποτ’ οὖροι πνείοντεσ φαίνονθ’ ἁλιαέεσ, οἵ ῥά τε νηῶν πομπῆεσ γίγνονται ἐπ’ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσησ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 4 38:5)
  • οὖροι δὲ πέντε ἐόντεσ ἔτι καὶ ἐσ ἐμὲ ἦσαν ἐπὶ τοῦ σήματοσ ἄνω, καί σφι γράμματα ἐνεκεκόλαπτο τὰ ἕκαστοι ἐξεργάσαντο, καὶ ἐφαίνετο μετρεόμενον τὸ τῶν παιδισκέων ἔργον ἐὸν μέγιστον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 93 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. a trench or channel

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