οὐρά,
Ionic dialect οὐρή, ἡ, (akin to ὄρρος) tail, of a lion, οὐρῇ δὲ πλευράς τε καὶ ἰσχία.. μαστίεται [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.170 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a dog, οὐρῇ μέν ῥ᾽ ὅ γ᾽ ἔσηνε [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.302 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the wolves and lions round the house of Circe, οὐρῇσιν μακρῇσι περισσαίνοντες [[ 10.215 ] Refs]; of other animals, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 512, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.38, 47, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 689b30, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; not used of birds (compare ὀρροπύγιον), [[ [prev. author] “HA” 504a31. ] Refs]
__2 ={αἰδοῖον}, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1078, _falsa lectio_ in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus “Epigrammata” 12. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II of an army marching, rearguard, rear, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.38, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ οὐ. τοῦ κέρατος rear-rank, [[[prev. work] 6.5.5 ] Refs]; κατ᾽ οὐράν τινος ἕπεσθαι to follow in his rear, [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 2.3.21, compare 2.4.3 ] Refs]; ὁ κατ᾽ οὐ. the rear-rank man, [[[prev. work] 5.3.45 ] Refs]; ἐπ᾽ οὐράν to the rear, [[ [prev. author] “Ages.” 2.2; εἰς οὐράν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 16.33 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐπ᾽ οὐρᾷ τῶν ἱππέων in rear, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.3.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ οὐρὰν προσπίπτειν to attack in rear, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.67.2. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.b left wing of a phalanx (opposed to κεφαλή), [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 7.3, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 8.3. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]