οὐρίαχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), with a suffix found also in κύμβαχος (kúmbakhos, “headfirst”) and στόμαχος (stómakhos, “throat, gullet; stomach”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.rí.a.kʰos/ → /uˈri.a.xos/ → /uˈri.a.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.rí.a.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /uˈri.a.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /uˈri.a.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /uˈri.a.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /uˈri.a.xos/

Noun

οὐρῐ́ᾰχος • (ouríakhos) m (genitive οὐρῐᾰ́χου); second declension

1. bottom, butt-end of a spear

   Antonym: αἰχμή (aikhmḗ)

2. part of an oar

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ οὐρῐ́ᾰχος; τοῦ οὐρῐᾰ́χου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οὐρῐ́ᾰχος ho ouríakhos	τὼ οὐρῐᾰ́χω tṑ ouriákhō	οἱ οὐρῐ́ᾰχοι hoi ouríakhoi
Genitive	τοῦ οὐρῐᾰ́χου toû ouriákhou	τοῖν οὐρῐᾰ́χοιν toîn ouriákhoin	τῶν οὐρῐᾰ́χων tôn ouriákhōn
Dative	τῷ οὐρῐᾰ́χῳ tôi ouriákhōi	τοῖν οὐρῐᾰ́χοιν toîn ouriákhoin	τοῖς οὐρῐᾰ́χοις toîs ouriákhois
Accusative	τὸν οὐρῐ́ᾰχον tòn ouríakhon	τὼ οὐρῐᾰ́χω tṑ ouriákhō	τοὺς οὐρῐᾰ́χους toùs ouriákhous
Vocative	οὐρῐ́ᾰχε ouríakhe	οὐρῐᾰ́χω ouriákhō	οὐρῐ́ᾰχοι ouríakhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “οὐρίαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “οὐρίαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “οὐρίαχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• οὐρίαχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• οὐρίαχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963