οὔριος

A. with a fair wind, οὔ. πλοῦς a prosperous voyage, ib.780, E. IA 1596; οὔ. δρόμος S. Aj. 889 (lyr.); πομπή E. IA 352; of a ship, οὔ. πλάτη S. Ph. 355; λαῖφος E. Hel. 406; νεὼς πτερόν ib.147; ἀφήσω κατὰ κῦμ’ ἐμαυτὸν οὔριον Ar. Eq. 433: neut. pl. as Adv., οὔρια θεῖν to run before the wind, Id. Lys. 550; cf. infr. 11.2.

2. metaph., prosperous, successful, πρᾶξις A. Ch. 814 (lyr.), cf. E. HF 95; φόνος Id. Heracl. 822; βίοτος AP 7.164.10 (Antip. Sid.): neut. pl. οὔρια as Adv., E. Hel. 1588 (codd., but prob. οὔριοι).

II. prospering, favouring, πνεῦμα, πνοαί, ib.1663, Hec. 900, X. HG 1.6.37; ἐπὶ τοὺς Αθηναίους οὔριος ἄνεμος Th. 7.53: Com. of bellows, οὐρίᾳ ῥιπίδι Ar. Ach. 669. Adv. Sup. ‐ώτατα Stad. 150, 178.

2. οὐρία (sc. πνοή), ἡ, = οὖρος, a fair wind, Archil.(?) in PLit.Lond. 54, etc.; οὐρίᾳ ἐφέντα (sc. ἑαυτόν or τὸ πλοῖον) running before the wind, Pl. Prt. 338a; ἐξ οὐρίας διαδραμεῖν, πλεῖν, Arist. Mech. 851b6, Plb. 1.47.2; also, ἐξ οὐρίων δραμοῦσαν S. Aj. 1083; πάντα ἐξ οὐρίων θεῖ Lib. Ep. 178; ἐν οὐρίῳ πλεῖν Luc. Lex. 15.

III. Ζεὺς οὔριος as sending fair winds, i. e. conducting things to a happy issue, A. Supp. 594 (lyr.), AP 12.53.8 (Mel.), BMus.Inscr. 1012 (Chalcedon), OGI 368 (Delos, ii B. C.), etc.; οὔριος . . ἐπίλαμψον ἐμῷ καὶ ἔρωτι καὶ ἱστῷ Κύπρι AP 5.16 (Gaet.).

IV. οὔ. ᾠόν a wind-egg, = ὑπηνέμιον, Arist. GA 753a22, etc.; those laid in spring were called ζεφύρια, those in autumn κυνόσουρα, Id. HA 560a5 (v.l. οὔρινα).