οὖραξ

Ancient Greek

The suffix is typically Pre-Greek. This means that the word has nothing to do with οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

οὖρᾰξ • (oûrăx) f (genitive οὔρᾰγος); third declension

Third declension of ἡ οὖρᾰξ; τῆς οὔρᾰγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ οὖρᾰξ hē oûrăx	τὼ οὔρᾰγε tṑ oúrăge	αἱ οὔρᾰγες hai oúrăges
Genitive	τῆς οὔρᾰγος tês oúrăgos	τοῖν οὐρᾰ́γοιν toîn ourắgoin	τῶν οὐρᾰ́γων tôn ourắgōn
Dative	τῇ οὔρᾰγῐ tēî oúrăgĭ	τοῖν οὐρᾰ́γοιν toîn ourắgoin	ταῖς οὔρᾰξῐ / οὔρᾰξῐν taîs oúrăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν οὔρᾰγᾰ tḕn oúrăgă	τὼ οὔρᾰγε tṑ oúrăge	τᾱ̀ς οὔρᾰγᾰς tā̀s oúrăgăs
Vocative	οὖρᾰξ oûrăx	οὔρᾰγε oúrăge	οὔρᾰγες oúrăges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.