οὖρος

See also: οὐρός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ôː.ros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ros/

Noun

οὖρος • (oûros) m (genitive οὔρου); second declension

fair wind
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 11.11:
  ἴκμενον οὖρον ἵει πλησίστιον, ἐσθλὸν ἑταῖρον, Κίρκη εὐπλόκαμος
  íkmenon oûron híei plēsístion, esthlòn hetaîron, Kírkē euplókamos
  a fair wind that filled the sail, a goodly comrade, was sent by fair-tressed Circe

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ οὖρος; τοῦ οὔρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οὖρος ho oûros	τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō	οἱ οὖροι hoi oûroi
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	τὸν οὖρον tòn oûron	τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō	τοὺς οὔρους toùs oúrous
Vocative	οὖρε oûre	οὔρω oúrō	οὖροι oûroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

οὐρῐ́ζω (ourízō)
οὔρῐος (oúrios)

References

οὖρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to note, sense”).
Or from Proto-Indo-European *sorwos (“guardian”). Cognate with Latin servus.

Noun

οὖρος • (oûros) m (genitive οὔρου); second declension

guardian, watcher
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 15.89:
  οὐ γὰρ ὄπισθεν οὖρον ἰὼν κατέλειπον ἐπὶ κτεάτεσσιν ἐμοῖσιν
  ou gàr ópisthen oûron iṑn katéleipon epì kteátessin emoîsin
  I left behind no guardian to watch over my possessions

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ οὖρος; τοῦ οὔρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οὖρος ho oûros	τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō	οἱ οὖροι hoi oûroi
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	τὸν οὖρον tòn oûron	τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō	τοὺς οὔρους toùs oúrous
Vocative	οὖρε oûre	οὔρω oúrō	οὖροι oûroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ᾰ̓ρκτοῦρος (Arktoûros)
ἐπίουρος (epíouros)/ ἔφορος (éphoros)

Related terms

οὐρεῖον (oureîon)
οὐρεύω (oureúō)
οὐρέω (ouréō)
οὔρῐον (oúrion)

References

οὖρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin ūrus.

Noun

οὖρος • (oûros) m (genitive οὔρου); second declension

aurochs, Bos primigenius

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ οὖρος; τοῦ οὔρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οὖρος ho oûros	τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō	οἱ οὖροι hoi oûroi
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	τὸν οὖρον tòn oûron	τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō	τοὺς οὔρους toùs oúrous
Vocative	οὖρε oûre	οὔρω oúrō	οὖροι oûroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

οὖρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Noun

οὖρος • (oûros) m (genitive οὔρου); second declension

Ionic form of ὅρος (hóros)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ οὖρος; τοῦ οὔρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οὖρος ho oûros	τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō	οἱ οὖροι hoi oûroi
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	τὸν οὖρον tòn oûron	τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō	τοὺς οὔρους toùs oúrous
Vocative	οὖρε oûre	οὔρω oúrō	οὖροι oûroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

οὖρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Noun

οὖρος • (oûros) n (genitive οὔρεος); third declension

Epic and Lyric form of ὄρος (óros)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ οὖρος; τοῦ οὔρεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ οὖρος tò oûros	τὼ οὔρεε tṑ oúree	τᾰ̀ οὔρεᾰ tà oúrea
Genitive	τοῦ οὔρεος toû oúreos	τοῖν οὐρέοιν toîn ouréoin	τῶν οὐρέων tôn ouréōn
Dative	τῷ οὔρεῐ̈ tôi oúreï	τοῖν οὐρέοιν toîn ouréoin	τοῖς οὔρεσῐ / οὔρεσῐν toîs oúresi(n)
Accusative	τὸ οὖρος tò oûros	τὼ οὔρεε tṑ oúree	τᾰ̀ οὔρεᾰ tà oúrea
Vocative	οὖρος oûros	οὔρεε oúree	οὔρεᾰ oúrea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

οὖρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
οὖρος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
οὖρος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
οὖρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
οὖρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
οὖρος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
οὖρος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- breeze idem, page 97.
- fair idem, page 302.
- favourable idem, page 311.
- prospering idem, page 653.
- wafting idem, page 958.
- wind idem, page 980.

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