οὐρέω

oureo

make water

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 8
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Book VI 7
Chapter 18 571b3–573b16

572a29
572b3

Chapter 20 574a16–575a12

574a18
574b19
574b23
574b24

Chapter 24 577b19–578a5

578a3
Book VIII 1
Chapter 24 604a22–605a15

604b17
Generation of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 4 769b30–773a29

773a23

Dictionary (LSJ)

οὐρέω (A), impf. ἐούρουν (προσ-) D. 54.4; Ion. οὔρεον Hp. Epid. 1.26.δʹ, or οὔρεσκον (v. infr.): fut. οὐρήσω ib.7.85; Att. -ήσομαι Ar. Pax 1266: aor. ἐούρησα (ἐν-) Eup. 45; Ion. οὔρησα Hp. Epid. 1.26.εʹ: pf. ἐούρηκα (ἐν-) Ar. Lys. 402: Ion. plpf. οὐρήκειν Hp. Epid. 6.8.30:—Pass., Ion. aor. οὐρήθην Id. Prorrh. 1.92, Coac. 571: (οὖρον A):— A. make water, Hes. Op. 729,758, Hdt. 1.133, etc. 2. c. acc. rei, pass with the water, αἷμα Hp. Aph. 4.80,81; οὔρεσκεν ὄφεις Ant.Lib. 41:— Pass., τὸ οὐρούμενον, = οὔρημα, Hp. Coac. 584, etc.; οὐρέεται μᾶλλον is more diuretic, Id. Vict. 2.46, cf. Ath. 1.32f, Orib.inc.4.28; οἶνος -εόμενος diuretic wine, Aret. CD 1.4. 3. Act., act as diuretic, Id. CA 1.10.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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