οὔρησις

οὔρησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οὐρέω (ouréō, “to urinate”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis, action noun suffix), from οὖρον (oûron, “urine”) +‎ -έω (-éō, verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǔː.rɛː.sis/ → /ˈu.ri.sis/ → /ˈu.ri.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǔː.rɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈu.re̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ri.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ri.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ri.sis/

Noun

οὔρησῐς • (oúrēsis) f (genitive οὐρήσεως); third declension

1. A urination.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ οὔρησῐς; τῆς οὐρήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ οὔρησῐς hē oúrēsis	τὼ οὐρήσει tṑ ourḗsei	αἱ οὐρήσεις hai ourḗseis
Genitive	τῆς οὐρήσεως tês ourḗseōs	τοῖν οὐρησέοιν toîn ourēséoin	τῶν οὐρήσεων tôn ourḗseōn
Dative	τῇ οὐρήσει têi ourḗsei	τοῖν οὐρησέοιν toîn ourēséoin	ταῖς οὐρήσεσῐ / οὐρήσεσῐν taîs ourḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν οὔρησῐν tḕn oúrēsin	τὼ οὐρήσει tṑ ourḗsei	τᾱ̀ς οὐρήσεις tā̀s ourḗseis
Vocative	οὔρησῐ oúrēsi	οὐρήσει ourḗsei	οὐρήσεις ourḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: uresis

References

• “οὔρησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press