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οὐρανός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: οὐρανός οὐρανοῦ

Structure: οὐραν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: only in sg.

Sense

  1. the vaulted sky, on which the stars were attached and the sun traveled: sky, heaven
  2. the region above this vault, the home of the gods
  3. (philosophy) the universe
  4. anything shaped like the sky: vaulted ceiling, tent

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative οὐρανός οὐρανώ οὐρανοί
Genitive οὐρανοῦ οὐρανοῖν οὐρανῶν
Dative οὐρανῷ οὐρανοῖν οὐρανοῖς
Accusative οὐρανόν οὐρανώ οὐρανούς
Vocative οὐρανέ οὐρανώ οὐρανοί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ΠΡΟΣΕΧΕ οὐρανέ, καὶ λαλήσω, καὶ ἀκουέτω ἡ γῆ ρήματα ἐκ στόματόσ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 32:1)
  • Ἄκουε οὐρανὲ καὶ ἐνωτίζου γῆ, ὅτι Κύριοσ ἐλάλησεν. υἱοὺσ ἐγέννησα καὶ ὕψωσα, αὐτοὶ δέ με ἠθέτησαν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 1:2)
  • ἀλλὰ φοβοῦμαι, οὐρανέ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 185)
  • Εὐφραίνου ἐπ’ αὐτῇ, οὐρανέ, καὶ οἱ ἅγιοι καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ προφῆται, ὅτι ἔκρινεν ὁ θεὸσ τὸ κρίμα ὑμῶν ἐξ αὐτῆσ. (APOKALUYIS IWANOU, chapter 17 40:1)

Synonyms

  1. the universe

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