"οὐρήθρα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See οὐρήθρα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /uː.rɛ̌ː.tʰraː/, /uˈri.θra/, /uˈri.θra/, /uː.rɛ̌ː.tʰraː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /uˈre̝.tʰra/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /uˈri.θra/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /uˈri.θra/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /uˈri.θra/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From οὐρέω (ouréō, “I make water”) + -ήθρα (-ḗthra), from οὖρον (oûron, “urine”). Etymology templates: {{affix|grc|οὐρέω|-ήθρα|t1=I make water}} οὐρέω (ouréō, “I make water”) + -ήθρα (-ḗthra) Head templates: {{grc-noun|οὐρήθρας|f|first}} οὐρήθρα • (ourḗthra) f (genitive οὐρήθρας); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|οὐρήθρα|οὐρήθρας}} Forms: ourḗthra [romanization], οὐρήθρας [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ οὐρήθρᾱ [nominative, singular], οὐρήθρᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ οὐρῆθραι [nominative, plural], τῆς οὐρήθρᾱς [genitive, singular], οὐρήθραιν [dual, genitive], οὐρηθρῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ οὐρήθρᾳ [dative, singular], οὐρήθραιν [dative, dual], ταῖς οὐρήθραις [dative, plural], τὴν οὐρήθρᾱν [accusative, singular], οὐρήθρᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς οὐρήθρᾱς [accusative, plural], οὐρήθρᾱ [singular, vocative], οὐρήθρᾱ [dual, vocative], οὐρῆθραι [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy) urethra
    Sense id: en-οὐρήθρα-grc-noun-sDKsIYHV Categories (other): Anatomy, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ήθρα, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Body parts Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 70 30 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ήθρα: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Body parts: 98 2 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. sewage tank
    Sense id: en-οὐρήθρα-grc-noun-QNZ5bSfq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἐνουρήθρα (enourḗthra)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "enourḗthra",
      "word": "ἐνουρήθρα"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "ουρήθρα",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: ουρήθρα (ouríthra)",
          "name": "descendant"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: ουρήθρα (ouríthra)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "ūrēthra",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: ūrēthra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: ūrēthra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "urethra",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: urethra",
          "name": "descendant"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: urethra"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "οὐρέω",
        "3": "-ήθρα",
        "t1": "I make water"
      },
      "expansion": "οὐρέω (ouréō, “I make water”) + -ήθρα (-ḗthra)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From οὐρέω (ouréō, “I make water”) + -ήθρα (-ḗthra), from οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ourḗthra",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρήθρας",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ οὐρήθρᾱ",
      "roman": "hē ourḗthrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρήθρᾱ",
      "roman": "ourḗthrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ οὐρῆθραι",
      "roman": "hai ourêthrai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς οὐρήθρᾱς",
      "roman": "tês ourḗthrās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρήθραιν",
      "roman": "ourḗthrain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρηθρῶν",
      "roman": "ourēthrôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ οὐρήθρᾳ",
      "roman": "têi ourḗthrāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρήθραιν",
      "roman": "ourḗthrain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς οὐρήθραις",
      "roman": "taîs ourḗthrais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν οὐρήθρᾱν",
      "roman": "tḕn ourḗthrān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρήθρᾱ",
      "roman": "ourḗthrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς οὐρήθρᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s ourḗthrās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρήθρᾱ",
      "roman": "ourḗthrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρήθρᾱ",
      "roman": "ourḗthrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρῆθραι",
      "roman": "ourêthrai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "οὐρήθρας",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "οὐρήθρα • (ourḗthra) f (genitive οὐρήθρας); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "οὐρήθρα",
        "2": "οὐρήθρας"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "grc:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ήθρα",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Body parts",
          "orig": "grc:Body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "urethra"
      ],
      "id": "en-οὐρήθρα-grc-noun-sDKsIYHV",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "urethra",
          "urethra"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) urethra"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sewage tank"
      ],
      "id": "en-οὐρήθρα-grc-noun-QNZ5bSfq",
      "links": [
        [
          "sewage",
          "sewage"
        ],
        [
          "tank",
          "tank"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/uː.rɛ̌ː.tʰraː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈri.θra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈri.θra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uː.rɛ̌ː.tʰraː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈre̝.tʰra/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈri.θra/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈri.θra/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈri.θra/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "οὐρήθρα"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ήθρα",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Body parts"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "enourḗthra",
      "word": "ἐνουρήθρα"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "ουρήθρα",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: ουρήθρα (ouríthra)",
          "name": "descendant"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: ουρήθρα (ouríthra)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "ūrēthra",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: ūrēthra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: ūrēthra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "urethra",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: urethra",
          "name": "descendant"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: urethra"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "οὐρέω",
        "3": "-ήθρα",
        "t1": "I make water"
      },
      "expansion": "οὐρέω (ouréō, “I make water”) + -ήθρα (-ḗthra)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From οὐρέω (ouréō, “I make water”) + -ήθρα (-ḗthra), from οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ourḗthra",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρήθρας",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ οὐρήθρᾱ",
      "roman": "hē ourḗthrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρήθρᾱ",
      "roman": "ourḗthrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ οὐρῆθραι",
      "roman": "hai ourêthrai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς οὐρήθρᾱς",
      "roman": "tês ourḗthrās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρήθραιν",
      "roman": "ourḗthrain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρηθρῶν",
      "roman": "ourēthrôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ οὐρήθρᾳ",
      "roman": "têi ourḗthrāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρήθραιν",
      "roman": "ourḗthrain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς οὐρήθραις",
      "roman": "taîs ourḗthrais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν οὐρήθρᾱν",
      "roman": "tḕn ourḗthrān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρήθρᾱ",
      "roman": "ourḗthrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς οὐρήθρᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s ourḗthrās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρήθρᾱ",
      "roman": "ourḗthrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρήθρᾱ",
      "roman": "ourḗthrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρῆθραι",
      "roman": "ourêthrai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "οὐρήθρας",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "οὐρήθρα • (ourḗthra) f (genitive οὐρήθρας); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "οὐρήθρα",
        "2": "οὐρήθρας"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "urethra"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "urethra",
          "urethra"
        ]
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        "(anatomy) urethra"
      ],
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sewage tank"
      ],
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        [
          "sewage",
          "sewage"
        ],
        [
          "tank",
          "tank"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/uː.rɛ̌ː.tʰraː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈri.θra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈri.θra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uː.rɛ̌ː.tʰraː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈre̝.tʰra/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈri.θra/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈri.θra/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈri.θra/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "οὐρήθρα"
}

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