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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

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

  • Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. συναχθήτω τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰσ συναγωγὴν μίαν, καὶ ὀφθήτω ἡ ξηρά. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. καὶ συνήχθη τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰσ τὰσ συναγωγὰσ αὐτῶν, καὶ ὤφθη ἡ ξηρά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:9)
  • Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. γενηθήτωσαν φωστῆρεσ ἐν τῷ στερεώματι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰσ φαῦσιν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, τοῦ διαχωρίζειν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆσ ἡμέρασ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆσ νυκτόσ. καὶ ἔστωσαν εἰσ σημεῖα καὶ εἰσ καιροὺσ καὶ εἰσ ἡμέρασ καὶ εἰσ ἐνιαυτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:14)
  • καὶ ἔστωσαν εἰσ φαῦσιν ἐν τῷ στερεώματι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὥστε φαίνειν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:15)
  • καὶ ἔθετο αὐτοὺσ ὁ Θεὸσ ἐν τῷ στερεώματι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὥστε φαίνειν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆς (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:17)

Synonyms

  1. the universe

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