# οὖρος
## Ancient Greek
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ûː.ros/ → /ˈu.ros/ → /ˈu.ros/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /ûː.ros/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈu.ros/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈu.ros/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈu.ros/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈu.ros/

### Etymology 1

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir, spring”), like ὄρνυμι (órnumi, “to awaken”).

#### Noun

οὖρος • (oûros) m (genitive οὔρου); second declension
* fair wind
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 11.11:ἴκμενον οὖρον ἵει πλησίστιον, ἐσθλὸν ἑταῖρον, Κίρκη εὐπλόκαμοςíkmenon oûron híei plēsístion, esthlòn hetaîron, Kírkē euplókamosa fair wind that filled the sail, a goodly comrade, was sent by fair-tressed Circe

##### Related terms

* οὐρῐ́ζω (ourízō)
* οὔρῐος (oúrios)

#### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “οὖρος 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1129

#### Further reading

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

### Etymology 2

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to note, sense”) and cognate with ὁράω (horáō, “to look, make sure, provide”). An alternate theory derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *sorwos (“guardian”), for which see Latin servus (“servant”) for more.

#### Noun

οὖρος • (oûros) m (genitive οὔρου); second declension
* guardian, watcher
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 15.89:οὐ γὰρ ὄπισθεν οὖρον ἰὼν κατέλειπον ἐπὶ κτεάτεσσιν ἐμοῖσινou gàr ópisthen oûron iṑn katéleipon epì kteátessin emoîsinI left behind no guardian to watch over my possessions

##### Derived terms

* Ᾰ̓ρκτοῦρος (Arktoûros)
* ἐπίουρος (epíouros)/ ἔφορος (éphoros)

##### Related terms

* οὐρεῖον (oureîon)
* οὐρεύω (oureúō)
* οὐρέω (ouréō)
* οὔρῐον (oúrion)

#### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “οὖρος 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1129-30

#### Further reading

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

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin ūrus.

#### Noun

οὖρος • (oûros) m (genitive οὔρου); second declension
* aurochs, Bos primigenius

##### Inflection
#### References

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

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

οὖρος • (oûros) m (genitive οὔρου); second declension
* Ionic form of ὅρος (hóros, “boundary, border”)

#### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “οὖρος 3”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1130

#### Further reading

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

### Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

οὖρος • (oûros) n (genitive οὔρεος); third declension
* Epic and Lyric form of ὄρος (óros, “mountain”)

##### Declension
#### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “οὖρος 4”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1130

#### Further reading

* “οὖρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “οὖρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “οὖρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* οὖρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* οὖρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “οὖρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* οὖρος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. breeze idem, page 97.fair idem, page 302.favourable idem, page 311.prospering idem, page 653.wafting idem, page 958.wind idem, page 980.
* “οὖρος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011