οὐράνιος

See also: ουράνιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οὐρανός (ouranós) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.rá.ni.os/ → /uˈra.ni.os/ → /uˈra.ni.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.rá.ni.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /uˈra.ni.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /uˈra.ni.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /uˈra.ni.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /uˈra.ni.os/

Adjective

οὐράνῐος • (ouránios) m (feminine οὐρᾰνίᾱ, neuter οὐράνῐον); first/second declension or
οὐράνῐος • (ouránios) m or f (neuter οὐράνῐον); second declension

1. heavenly
2. in the sky
3. reaching to heaven, high as heaven
4. (figurative) enormous, awful, furious, vehement
5. (Byzantine) blue

Declension

As a three-ending adjective

First and second declension of οὐρᾰ́νῐος; οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱ; οὐρᾰ́νῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		οὐρᾰ́νῐος ouránios	οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱ ouraníā	οὐρᾰ́νῐον ouránion		οὐρᾰνῐ́ω ouraníō	οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱ ouraníā	οὐρᾰνῐ́ω ouraníō		οὐρᾰ́νῐοι ouránioi	οὐρᾰ́νῐαι ourániai	οὐρᾰ́νῐᾰ ouránia
Genitive		οὐρᾰνῐ́ου ouraníou	οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱς ouraníās	οὐρᾰνῐ́ου ouraníou		οὐρᾰνῐ́οιν ouraníoin	οὐρᾰνῐ́αιν ouraníain	οὐρᾰνῐ́οιν ouraníoin		οὐρᾰνῐ́ων ouraníōn	οὐρᾰνῐ́ων ouraníōn	οὐρᾰνῐ́ων ouraníōn
Dative		οὐρᾰνῐ́ῳ ouraníōi	οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾳ ouraníāi	οὐρᾰνῐ́ῳ ouraníōi		οὐρᾰνῐ́οιν ouraníoin	οὐρᾰνῐ́αιν ouraníain	οὐρᾰνῐ́οιν ouraníoin		οὐρᾰνῐ́οις ouraníois	οὐρᾰνῐ́αις ouraníais	οὐρᾰνῐ́οις ouraníois
Accusative		οὐρᾰ́νῐον ouránion	οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱν ouraníān	οὐρᾰ́νῐον ouránion		οὐρᾰνῐ́ω ouraníō	οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱ ouraníā	οὐρᾰνῐ́ω ouraníō		οὐρᾰνῐ́ους ouraníous	οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱς ouraníās	οὐρᾰ́νῐᾰ ouránia
Vocative		οὐρᾰ́νῐε ouránie	οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱ ouraníā	οὐρᾰ́νῐον ouránion		οὐρᾰνῐ́ω ouraníō	οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱ ouraníā	οὐρᾰνῐ́ω ouraníō		οὐρᾰ́νῐοι ouránioi	οὐρᾰ́νῐαι ourániai	οὐρᾰ́νῐᾰ ouránia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		οὐράνῐα ouránia				οὐρᾰνῐώτερος ouraniṓteros				οὐρᾰνῐώτᾰτος ouraniṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

As a two-ending adjective

Second declension of οὐρᾰ́νῐος; οὐρᾰ́νῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		οὐρᾰ́νῐος ouránios	οὐρᾰ́νῐον ouránion		οὐρᾰνῐ́ω ouraníō	οὐρᾰνῐ́ω ouraníō		οὐρᾰ́νῐοι ouránioi	οὐρᾰ́νῐᾰ ouránia
Genitive		οὐρᾰνῐ́ου ouraníou	οὐρᾰνῐ́ου ouraníou		οὐρᾰνῐ́οιν ouraníoin	οὐρᾰνῐ́οιν ouraníoin		οὐρᾰνῐ́ων ouraníōn	οὐρᾰνῐ́ων ouraníōn
Dative		οὐρᾰνῐ́ῳ ouraníōi	οὐρᾰνῐ́ῳ ouraníōi		οὐρᾰνῐ́οιν ouraníoin	οὐρᾰνῐ́οιν ouraníoin		οὐρᾰνῐ́οις ouraníois	οὐρᾰνῐ́οις ouraníois
Accusative		οὐρᾰ́νῐον ouránion	οὐρᾰ́νῐον ouránion		οὐρᾰνῐ́ω ouraníō	οὐρᾰνῐ́ω ouraníō		οὐρᾰνῐ́ους ouraníous	οὐρᾰ́νῐᾰ ouránia
Vocative		οὐρᾰ́νῐε ouránie	οὐρᾰ́νῐον ouránion		οὐρᾰνῐ́ω ouraníō	οὐρᾰνῐ́ω ouraníō		οὐρᾰ́νῐοι ouránioi	οὐρᾰ́νῐᾰ ouránia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		οὐράνῐα ouránia			οὐρᾰνῐώτερος ouraniṓteros			οὐρᾰνῐώτᾰτος ouraniṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπουράνιος (epouránios)
• Οὐρανίᾱ (Ouraníā)

Descendants

• Greek: ουράνιος (ouránios)
• →⇒ German: Uranismus
  • → Dutch: uranisme
  • → English: uranism
  • → French: uranisme
  • → Italian: uranismo
  • → Romanian: uranism
  • → Russian: урани́зм (uranízm)
  • → Spanish: uranismo
• →⇒ Italian: uranico

Further reading

• οὐράνιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• οὐράνιος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “οὐράνιος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “οὐράνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “οὐράνιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3770 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • aerial idem, page 15.
  • airy idem, page 21.
  • celestial idem, page 120.
  • firmament idem, page 322.
  • heavenly idem, page 393.
  • sky idem, page 781.
  • supernal idem, page 839.