οὖρον

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *eworhon, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂worsom, from *h₂wers- (“to rain, drip”).[1] Cf. *weh₁r- (“water, liquid, milk”). Compare Latin ūrīna.

οὖρον • (oûron) n (genitive οὔρου); second declension

urine
Synonym: ὄμειχμα (ómeikhma)
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.111

Second declension of τὸ οὖρον; τοῦ οὔρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ οὖρον tò oûron	τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō	τᾰ̀ οὖρᾰ tà oûra
Genitive	τοῦ οὔρου toû oúrou	τοῖν οὔροιν toîn oúroin	τῶν οὔρων tôn oúrōn
Dative	τῷ οὔρῳ tôi oúrōi	τοῖν οὔροιν toîn oúroin	τοῖς οὔροις toîs oúrois
Accusative	τὸ οὖρον tò oûron	τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō	τᾰ̀ οὖρᾰ tà oûra
Vocative	οὖρον oûron	οὔρω oúrō	οὖρᾰ oûra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Perhaps formed from οὖρος (oûros, “furrow, frontier”), itself from ὄρος (óros, “mountain, district, sector”).

Also compare Sanskrit वरस् (váras, “expanse, space, range, breadth, room”), अउरव (aürava, “space, width, dimension, extension”).

οὖρον • (oûron) n (genitive οὔρου); second declension

Second declension of τὸ οὖρον; τοῦ οὔρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ οὖρον tò oûron	τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō	τᾰ̀ οὖρᾰ tà oûra
Genitive	τοῦ οὔρου toû oúrou	τοῖν οὔροιν toîn oúroin	τῶν οὔρων tôn oúrōn
Dative	τῷ οὔρῳ tôi oúrōi	τοῖν οὔροιν toîn oúroin	τοῖς οὔροις toîs oúrois
Accusative	τὸ οὖρον tò oûron	τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō	τᾰ̀ οὖρᾰ tà oûra
Vocative	οὖρον oûron	οὔρω oúrō	οὖρᾰ oûra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

οὖρον • (oûron)

Watkins, Calvert (2000). The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots. 2nd edition, page 100, s.v. wē-r-. →ISBN.

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