οὐρά
oura
tail
Appears 23 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
οὐρά, Ion. οὐρή, ἡ, (akin to ὄρρος) A. tail, of a lion, οὐρῇ δὲ πλευράς τε καὶ ἰσχία . . μαστίεται Il. 20.170; of a dog, οὐρῇ μέν ῥʼ ὅ γʼ ἔσηνε Od. 17.302; of the wolves and lions round the house of Circe, οὐρῇσιν μακρῇσι περισσαίνοντες 10.215; of other animals, Op. 512, 2.38,47, PA 689b30, al.; not used of birds (cf. ὀρροπύγιον), HA 504a31. 2. = αἰδοῖον, Fr. 1078, f.l. in Epigr. 12. II. of an army marching, rearguard, rear, An. 3.4.38, etc.; ἡ οὐ. τοῦ κέρατος rear-rank, ib.6.5.5; κατʼ οὐράν τινος ἕπεσθαι to follow in his rear, Cyr. 2.3.21, cf. 2.4.3; ὁ κατʼ οὐ. the rear-rank man, ib.5.3.45; ἐπʼ οὐράν to the rear, Ages. 2.2; εἰς οὐράν NA 16.33; ἐπʼ οὐρᾷ τῶν ἱππέων in rear, HG 4.3.4; κατʼ οὐρὰν προσπίπτειν to attack in rear, 2.67.2. b. left wing of a phalanx (opp. κεφαλή), Tact. 7.3, Tact. 8.3. 2. ῥήματος οὐρή, i.e. its echo, APl. 16.155 (). 3. ἑπτὰ κλῶνας ἐλαίας ἄρας, τὰς μὲν ἓξ δῆσον οὐρὰν καὶ κεφαλὴν ἓν καθʼ ἕν, i.e. tie together the two ends of each twig separately, PMag.Par. 1.1250.
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