οὐρανοῦχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οὐρᾰνός (ourănós, “sky, heaven”) +‎ ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.ra.nûː.kʰos/ → /u.raˈnu.xos/ → /u.raˈnu.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.ra.nûː.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnu.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnu.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnu.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnu.xos/

Adjective

οὐρᾰνοῦχος • (ourănoûkhos) m or f (neuter οὐρᾰνοῦχον); second declension

1. holding heaven

Declension

Second declension of οὐρᾰνοῦχος; οὐρᾰνοῦχον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		οὐρᾰνοῦχος ourănoûkhos	οὐρᾰνοῦχον ourănoûkhon		οὐρᾰνούχω ourănoúkhō	οὐρᾰνούχω ourănoúkhō		οὐρᾰνοῦχοι ourănoûkhoi	οὐρᾰνοῦχᾰ ourănoûkhă
Genitive		οὐρᾰνούχου ourănoúkhou	οὐρᾰνούχου ourănoúkhou		οὐρᾰνούχοιν ourănoúkhoin	οὐρᾰνούχοιν ourănoúkhoin		οὐρᾰνούχων ourănoúkhōn	οὐρᾰνούχων ourănoúkhōn
Dative		οὐρᾰνούχῳ ourănoúkhōi	οὐρᾰνούχῳ ourănoúkhōi		οὐρᾰνούχοιν ourănoúkhoin	οὐρᾰνούχοιν ourănoúkhoin		οὐρᾰνούχοις ourănoúkhois	οὐρᾰνούχοις ourănoúkhois
Accusative		οὐρᾰνοῦχον ourănoûkhon	οὐρᾰνοῦχον ourănoûkhon		οὐρᾰνούχω ourănoúkhō	οὐρᾰνούχω ourănoúkhō		οὐρᾰνούχους ourănoúkhous	οὐρᾰνοῦχᾰ ourănoûkhă
Vocative		οὐρᾰνοῦχε ourănoûkhe	οὐρᾰνοῦχον ourănoûkhon		οὐρᾰνούχω ourănoúkhō	οὐρᾰνούχω ourănoúkhō		οὐρᾰνοῦχοι ourănoûkhoi	οὐρᾰνοῦχᾰ ourănoûkhă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		οὐρᾰνούχως ourănoúkhōs			οὐρᾰνουχότερος ourănoukhóteros			οὐρᾰνουχότᾰτος ourănoukhótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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