οὐραῖος

A. of the tail, τρίχες ἄκραι οὐραῖαι Il. 23.520; ἄκρα οὐ. πτερά A.R. 2.571, cf. Euph. 51.6, Orib. 8.6.15: generally, τὰ οὐ. the tail or hindmost parts of fish, Hp. Vict. 3.79; πόδες the hind-feet, Theoc. 25.269, Arat. 352.

2. οὐραῖον,τό, tail, Achae. 27.3; κυνός Men. Kol.Fr. 7; Ἄρκτος στρέφουσ’ οὐραῖα E. Ion 1154; in fish, tail-fin, S. Fr. 762, Arist. HA 490a4, al., dub. l. in Arat. 363; τὰ οὐ. hinder part, rear, Ph. 2.109, Luc. VH 1.35, 2.1.

3. οὐραῖον,τό, = τὸ πέρας τοῦ ὀστέου, of the coccyx, Gal. 15.863.