- οὖρος
- οὖρος (A), ὁ,A fair wind,
ἡμῖν δ' αὖ κατόπισθε νεὸς . . ἴκμενον οὖ. ἵει πλησίστιον Od.11.7
, cf. 15.292, Il.1.479, etc.;νηῦς . . , ᾗ λιγὺς οὖ. ἐπιπνείῃσιν ὄπισθεν Od.4.357
;πέμψω δέ τοι οὖ. ὄπισθεν 5.167
; οὖ. ἀπήμονά τε λιαρόν τε ib.268;πομπαῖος Pi.P.1.34
; πρύμνηθεν οὖ. E.Tr.20;πλευστικός Theoc.13.52
;Διὸς οὖρος Od.5.176
, etc. (rarely of a rough breeze or storm, Il.14.19, A.R.2.900); ἂψ δὲ θεοὶ οὖ. στρέψαν the gods changed the wind again to a fair one, Od.4.520: pl., ib.360; later, ἀποπέμπειν κατ' οὖρον send down (i. e. with) the wind, speed on its way, Orac. ap. Hdt.4.163: so metaph., ἴτω κατ' οὖρον . . πᾶν τὸ Λαΐου γένος let it be swept before the wind to ruin, A.Th.690;κατ' οὖρον . . αἴρονται φυγήν Id.Pers.481
; ταῦτα μὲν ῥείτω κατ' οὖρον let them drift with wind and stream, S.Tr.468;εὔθυνε δαίμονος οὖρον Pi.O.13.28
; οὖ. ὀφθαλμῶν ἐμῶν αὐτῇ γένοιτ' ἄπωθεν ἑρπούσῃ let a fair wind be with her as she goes from my sight, i.e. let her go as quick as may be, S. Tr.815; οὖρός [ἐστι] 'tis a fair time, Id.Ph.855 (lyr.); γένοιτό (ἐγένετό codd.)τις οὖρος ἐκ κακῶν E.Ion1509
(lyr.); οὖ. ἐπέων, ὕμνων, Pi.O. 9.47 (cj. for οἶμον), N.6.29, P.4.3 [pron. full] [ῠ].—Rare in Prose, as X.HG2.3.31, Luc.Tox.7.------------------------------------οὖρος (B), ὁ,A watcher, guardian,οὖρον ἰὼν κατέλειπον ἐπὶ κτεάτεσσι Od.15.89
;Νέστωρ . . , οὖ. Αχαιῶν Il.8.80
, 11.840, 15.370, Od.3.411; οὖ. Αἰακιδᾶν, of Achilles, Pi.I.8(7).60;νήσου A.R.4.1643
;βουκολίων Opp.C.1.375
; cf. ἐπίουρος, οὐρεύς. (I.-E. sorwos 'guardian', found also as second element in πυλωρός (πυλαουρός) , θυρωρός, φρουρός (fr. προ-ὁρ (ϝ) ος) , οἰχῶρος ([etym.] οἰκουρός), etc., Avest. pasu(š)-haurva- 'cattle-guarding', epith. of a dog: cogn. with ἐρύω (B), q.v.: also with ὄρομαι ([etym.] ἐπί), cf. Avest. haurvaiti and haraiti 'watches'.)------------------------------------οὖρος (C), ὁ, [dialect] Ion., etc. for ὅρος (q. v.).------------------------------------οὖρος (D), ὁ, βοῦς οὖρος, Lat.A urus, Bos primigenius, AP6.332 (Hadr.).
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