οὐραῖος
ouraios
of the tail
Appears 18 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
οὐραῖος, α, ον, (οὐρά) A. of the tail, τρίχες ἄκραι οὐραῖαι Il. 23.520; ἄκρα οὐ. πτερά 2.571, cf. 51.6, 8.6.15: generally, τὰ οὐ. the tail or hindmost parts of fish, Vict. 3.79; πόδες the hind-feet, 25.269, 352. 2. οὐραῖον, τό, tail, 27.3; κυνός Kol.Fr. 7; Ἄρκτος στρέφουσʼ οὐραῖα Ion 1154; in fish, tail-fin, Fr. 762, HA 490a4, al., dub. l. in 363; τὰ οὐ. hinder part, rear, 2.109, VH 1.35, 2.1. 3. οὐραῖον, τό, = τὸ πέρας τοῦ ὀστέου, of the coccyx, 15.863.
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