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οὔριος

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Gloss: a rotten egg

Transliteration: ourios

Strong’s: G8569

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 , [<a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Aeschulus Tragicus">6th/5th c.BC</a>, <date>variant dates<author>Anthology Palantina</author></date> (ML)
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