οὐρήθρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οὐρέω (ouréō, “to urinate”) +‎ -ήθρᾱ (-ḗthrā, “body part; anatomical cavity; container; receptacle; opening”), from οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.rɛ̌ː.tʰraː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /uˈre̝.tʰra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /uˈri.θra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /uˈri.θra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /uˈri.θra/

Noun

οὐρήθρᾱ • (ourḗthrā) f (genitive οὐρήθρᾱς); first declension

(anatomy) urethra
sewage tank

Declension

First declension of ἡ οὐρήθρᾱ; τῆς οὐρήθρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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 tēî 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἐνουρήθρᾱ (enourḗthrā)

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