οὔριος

ouriosAdjectiveG8569

a rotten egg

Full Lexicon Entry

1.with a fair wind, Lat. vento secundo, οὔρ. πλοῦς, *δρόμος *a prosperous voyage, (Sophocles Tragicus)
2.metaphorically prosperous, successful, (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;neuter plural *οὔρια *as adverb, (Euripides)
3.prospering, favouring, fair, of winds, (Euripides); comically of the bellows, *οὐρίᾳ ῥιπίδι *(Aristophanes Comicus)
4.*οὐρία *(i.e. πνοή); = οὖρος, a fair wind, *οὐρίᾳ ἐφιέναι *(i.e. ἑαυτόν); to run before the wind, (Plato Philosophus); so, *ἐξ οὐρίων δραμοῦσα *(i.e. δρόμων); after having run a fair course, (Sophocles Tragicus); *ἀφήσω ἐμαυτὸν οὔριον *(Aristophanes Comicus)
5.Ζεὺς οὔριος, as sending fair winds, i. e. conducting things to a happy issue, [6th/5th c.BC, variant datesAnthology Palantina

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DescriptionGreek Adjective

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