οὐρήθρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From οὐρέω (ouréō, “I make water”) + -ήθρα (-ḗthra), from οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /uː.rɛ̌ː.tʰraː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /uˈre̝.tʰra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /uˈri.θra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /uˈri.θra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /uˈri.θra/
Noun
οὐρήθρα • (ourḗthra) f (genitive οὐρήθρας); first declension
- (anatomy) urethra
- sewage tank
Inflection
First declension of ἡ οὐρήθρᾱ; τῆς οὐρήθρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ οὐρήθρᾱ hē ourḗthrā | τὼ οὐρήθρᾱ tṑ ourḗthrā | αἱ οὐρῆθραι hai ourêthrai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς οὐρήθρᾱς tês ourḗthrās | τοῖν οὐρήθραιν toîn ourḗthrain | τῶν οὐρηθρῶν tôn ourēthrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ οὐρήθρᾳ têi ourḗthrāi | τοῖν οὐρήθραιν toîn ourḗthrain | ταῖς οὐρήθραις taîs ourḗthrais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν οὐρήθρᾱν tḕn ourḗthrān | τὼ οὐρήθρᾱ tṑ ourḗthrā | τᾱ̀ς οὐρήθρᾱς tā̀s ourḗthrās | ||||||||||
Vocative | οὐρήθρᾱ ourḗthrā | οὐρήθρᾱ ourḗthrā | οὐρῆθραι ourêthrai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐνουρήθρα (enourḗthra)
Descendants
- → Greek: ουρήθρα (ouríthra)
- → Latin: ūrēthra
- → English: urethra
References
- “οὐρήθρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- οὐρήθρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette