οὖρον

Ancient Greek

From οὐρέω (ouréō, “to urinate”). Not related to Latin ūrīna.^[1]

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

οὖρον • (oûron)

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “οὐρέω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN