οὐραῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) +‎ -αῖος (-aîos, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.râi̯.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /uˈrɛ.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /uˈrɛ.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /uˈre.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /uˈre.os/

Adjective

οὐραῖος • (ouraîos) m (feminine οὐραίᾱ, neuter οὐραῖον); first/second declension

of the tail

Declension

First and second declension of οὐραῖος; οὐραίᾱ; οὐραῖον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	οὐραῖος ouraîos	οὐραίᾱ ouraíā	οὐραῖον ouraîon	οὐραίω ouraíō	οὐραίᾱ ouraíā	οὐραίω ouraíō	οὐραῖοι ouraîoi	οὐραῖαι ouraîai	οὐραῖᾰ ouraîă
Genitive	οὐραίου ouraíou	οὐραίᾱς ouraíās	οὐραίου ouraíou	οὐραίοιν ouraíoin	οὐραίαιν ouraíain	οὐραίοιν ouraíoin	οὐραίων ouraíōn	οὐραίων ouraíōn	οὐραίων ouraíōn
Dative	οὐραίῳ ouraíōi	οὐραίᾳ ouraíāi	οὐραίῳ ouraíōi	οὐραίοιν ouraíoin	οὐραίαιν ouraíain	οὐραίοιν ouraíoin	οὐραίοις ouraíois	οὐραίαις ouraíais	οὐραίοις ouraíois
Accusative	οὐραῖον ouraîon	οὐραίᾱν ouraíān	οὐραῖον ouraîon	οὐραίω ouraíō	οὐραίᾱ ouraíā	οὐραίω ouraíō	οὐραίους ouraíous	οὐραίᾱς ouraíās	οὐραῖᾰ ouraîă
Vocative	οὐραῖε ouraîe	οὐραίᾱ ouraíā	οὐραῖον ouraîon	οὐραίω ouraíō	οὐραίᾱ ouraíā	οὐραίω ouraíō	οὐραῖοι ouraîoi	οὐραῖαι ouraîai	οὐραῖᾰ ouraîă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	οὐραίως ouraíōs			οὐραιότερος ouraióteros			οὐραιότᾰτος ouraiótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

Traditionally assumed to be from Egyptian jꜥrt (“cobra in threat posture”),

, from jꜥr (“to rise, climb”); however, on phonetic grounds, Gundacker, following Fecht, argues for an origin in Egyptian wrrt (“White Crown, uraeus”, literally “the great one”) instead.

Alternative forms

*οὐβαῖος (*oubaîos) (The accusative form οὐβαῖον appears as a hapax legomenon in some copies of Horapollo's Hieroglyphica.^[1] Appears to be typographical error, but cf. Coptic ⲟⲃⲓⲟⲛ (obion).)

Noun

οὐραῖος • (ouraîos) m (genitive οὐραίου); second declension

uraeus, sacred asp

Declension

Second declension of ὁ οὐραῖος; τοῦ οὐραίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οὐραῖος ho ouraîos	τὼ οὐραίω tṑ ouraíō	οἱ οὐραῖοι hoi ouraîoi
Genitive	τοῦ οὐραίου toû ouraíou	τοῖν οὐραίοιν toîn ouraíoin	τῶν οὐραίων tôn ouraíōn
Dative	τῷ οὐραίῳ tōî ouraíōi	τοῖν οὐραίοιν toîn ouraíoin	τοῖς οὐραίοις toîs ouraíois
Accusative	τὸν οὐραῖον tòn ouraîon	τὼ οὐραίω tṑ ouraíō	τοὺς οὐραίους toùs ouraíous
Vocative	οὐραῖε ouraîe	οὐραίω ouraíō	οὐραῖοι ouraîoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: ūraeus

References

^ See, for example, https://books.google.com/books?id=LMB26GgToccC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&pg=PA6#v=onepage&f=false and https://books.google.com/books?id=_SaANwtRCHYC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&pg=PA1#v=onepage&f=false

[1] See, for example, https://books.google.com/books?id=LMB26GgToccC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&pg=PA6#v=onepage&f=false and https://books.google.com/books?id=_SaANwtRCHYC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&pg=PA1#v=onepage&f=false

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Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

References