οὐρητήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οὐρέω (ouréō, “I make water”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr, suffix to form a masculine noun).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.rɛː.tɛ̌ːr/ → /u.riˈtir/ → /u.riˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.rɛː.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /u.re̝ˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /u.riˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /u.riˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /u.riˈtir/

Noun

οὐρητήρ • (ourētḗr) m (genitive οὐρητῆρος); third declension

1. = οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “urethra”)
2. οὐρητῆρες (ourētêres, plural) the ducts which convey the urine from the kidneys into the bladder

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ οὐρητήρ; τοῦ οὐρητῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οὐρητήρ ho ourētḗr	τὼ οὐρητῆρε tṑ ourētêre	οἱ οὐρητῆρες hoi ourētêres
Genitive	τοῦ οὐρητῆρος toû ourētêros	τοῖν οὐρητήροιν toîn ourētḗroin	τῶν οὐρητήρων tôn ourētḗrōn
Dative	τῷ οὐρητῆρῐ tôi ourētêri	τοῖν οὐρητήροιν toîn ourētḗroin	τοῖς οὐρητῆρσῐ / οὐρητῆρσῐν toîs ourētêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν οὐρητῆρᾰ tòn ourētêra	τὼ οὐρητῆρε tṑ ourētêre	τοὺς οὐρητῆρᾰς toùs ourētêras
Vocative	οὐρητήρ ourētḗr	οὐρητῆρε ourētêre	οὐρητῆρες ourētêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: ureter

Further reading

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