οὐρητήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

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
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