οὐρανοσκόπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οὐρᾰνός (ourănós, “heaven, sky”) +‎ σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look, contemplate”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.ra.nos.kó.pos/ → /u.ra.nosˈko.pos/ → /u.ra.nosˈko.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.ra.nos.kó.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /u.ra.nosˈko.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /u.ra.nosˈko.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /u.ra.nosˈko.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /u.ra.nosˈko.pos/

Adjective

οὐρᾰνοσκόπος • (ourănoskópos) m or f (neuter οὐρᾰνοσκόπον); second declension

1. observing the heavens

Declension

Second declension of οὐρᾰνοσκόπος; οὐρᾰνοσκόπον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		οὐρᾰνοσκόπος ourănoskópos	οὐρᾰνοσκόπον ourănoskópon		οὐρᾰνοσκόπω ourănoskópō	οὐρᾰνοσκόπω ourănoskópō		οὐρᾰνοσκόποι ourănoskópoi	οὐρᾰνοσκόπᾰ ourănoskópă
Genitive		οὐρᾰνοσκόπου ourănoskópou	οὐρᾰνοσκόπου ourănoskópou		οὐρᾰνοσκόποιν ourănoskópoin	οὐρᾰνοσκόποιν ourănoskópoin		οὐρᾰνοσκόπων ourănoskópōn	οὐρᾰνοσκόπων ourănoskópōn
Dative		οὐρᾰνοσκόπῳ ourănoskópōi	οὐρᾰνοσκόπῳ ourănoskópōi		οὐρᾰνοσκόποιν ourănoskópoin	οὐρᾰνοσκόποιν ourănoskópoin		οὐρᾰνοσκόποις ourănoskópois	οὐρᾰνοσκόποις ourănoskópois
Accusative		οὐρᾰνοσκόπον ourănoskópon	οὐρᾰνοσκόπον ourănoskópon		οὐρᾰνοσκόπω ourănoskópō	οὐρᾰνοσκόπω ourănoskópō		οὐρᾰνοσκόπους ourănoskópous	οὐρᾰνοσκόπᾰ ourănoskópă
Vocative		οὐρᾰνοσκόπε ourănoskópe	οὐρᾰνοσκόπον ourănoskópon		οὐρᾰνοσκόπω ourănoskópō	οὐρᾰνοσκόπω ourănoskópō		οὐρᾰνοσκόποι ourănoskópoi	οὐρᾰνοσκόπᾰ ourănoskópă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		οὐρᾰνοσκόπως ourănoskópōs			οὐρᾰνοσκοπώτερος ourănoskopṓteros			οὐρᾰνοσκοπώτᾰτος ourănoskopṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

οὐρᾰνοσκόπος • (ourănoskópos) m (genitive οὐρᾰνοσκόπου); second declension

1. Atlantic stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber)

   Synonyms: ἄγνος (ágnos), καλλιώνυμος (kalliṓnumos)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ οὐρᾰνοσκόπος; τοῦ οὐρᾰνοσκόπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οὐρᾰνοσκόπος ho ourănoskópos	τὼ οὐρᾰνοσκόπω tṑ ourănoskópō	οἱ οὐρᾰνοσκόποι hoi ourănoskópoi
Genitive	τοῦ οὐρᾰνοσκόπου toû ourănoskópou	τοῖν οὐρᾰνοσκόποιν toîn ourănoskópoin	τῶν οὐρᾰνοσκόπων tôn ourănoskópōn
Dative	τῷ οὐρᾰνοσκόπῳ tôi ourănoskópōi	τοῖν οὐρᾰνοσκόποιν toîn ourănoskópoin	τοῖς οὐρᾰνοσκόποις toîs ourănoskópois
Accusative	τὸν οὐρᾰνοσκόπον tòn ourănoskópon	τὼ οὐρᾰνοσκόπω tṑ ourănoskópō	τοὺς οὐρᾰνοσκόπους toùs ourănoskópous
Vocative	οὐρᾰνοσκόπε ourănoskópe	οὐρᾰνοσκόπω ourănoskópō	οὐρᾰνοσκόποι ourănoskópoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Uranoscopus

Further reading

• “οὐρανοσκόπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• οὐρανοσκόπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette