οὑρέω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">to urinate</b> (IA. since Hes.).<br />Other forms: Ipf. <b class="b3">ἐούρουν</b>, aor. <b class="b3">οὑρ-ῆσαι</b>, fut. <b class="b3">-ήσω</b>, <b class="b3">-ήσομαι</b>, perf. <b class="b3">ἐούρηκα</b>.<br />Compounds: Also w. prefix as <b class="b3">ἐν-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐξ-</b>, <b class="b3">προσ-</b>, <b class="b3">κατ-</b>.<br />Derivatives: (<b class="b3">ἐξ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀπ-)οὔρησις</b> f. [[micturition]], <b class="b3">-ητήρ</b> m., <b class="b3">-ήθρα</b>, ion. <b class="b3">-η</b> [[urethra]], <b class="b3">-ημα</b> n. [[urine]], <b class="b3">-ητικός</b> <b class="b2">often urinating, promoting urine</b> (Hp., Arist.); also as backformation <b class="b3">οὖρον</b> n. [[urine]] (Hdt., Hp., Thphr.), with a.o. <b class="b3">δυσουρ-έω</b> <b class="b2">to have difficulties with micturition</b>, <b class="b3">-ία</b> f. <b class="b2">difficult micturition</b> (medic. u.a.) as from <b class="b3">*δύσ-ουρος</b>. From <b class="b3">οὖρον</b> or <b class="b3">οὑρέω</b> : <b class="b3">οὑράνη</b> f. <b class="b2">chamber-pot</b> (A.Fr., S.Fr.), = <b class="b3">οὑρητήρ</b> (Poll.)<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [??] <b class="b2">*u̯ers-</b> [[urinate]] [cf. p. 80]<br />Etymology: Iterative-intensive formation <b class="b3">*Ϝορσέω</b> to the primary root-pres. in Skt. <b class="b2">várṣati</b> [[rain]] (IE <b class="b2">*u̯érseti</b>), euphemistic expression for <b class="b3">ὀμείχω</b> (Wackernagel KZ 29, 129 = Kl. Schr. 1, 632); cf. <b class="b3">οὑρανός</b> and <b class="b3">ἕρση</b>. Further forms w. rich lit. in WP. 1, 268f., Pok. 80f., W.-Hofmann s. [[ūrīna]]. On [[ūrīna]] also Scheller Mus. Helv. 18, 140ff.