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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

  • Κύριοσ ἀσθενῆ ποιήσει ἀντίδικον αὐτοῦ, Κύριοσ ἅγιοσ. μὴ καυχάσθω ὁ φρόνιμοσ ἐν τῇ φρονήσει αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ καυχάσθω ὁ δυνατὸσ ἐν τῇ δυνάμει αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ καυχάσθω ὁ πλούσιοσ ἐν τῷ πλούτῳ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ̓ ἐν τούτῳ καυχάσθω ὁ καυχώμενοσ, συνιεῖν καὶ γινώσκειν τὸν Κύριον καὶ ποιεῖν κρίμα καὶ δικαιοσύνην ἐν μέσῳ τῆσ γῆσ. Κύριοσ ἀνέβη εἰσ οὐρανοὺσ καὶ ἐβρόντησεν, αὐτὸσ κρινεῖ ἄκρα γῆσ, καὶ δίδωσιν ἰσχὺν τοῖσ βασιλεῦσιν ἡμῶν καὶ ὑψώσει κέρασ χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 2:10)
  • καὶ ἔκλινεν οὐρανοὺσ καὶ κατέβη, καὶ γνόφοσ ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 22:10)
  • ὅτι πάντεσ οἱ θεοὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν εἴδωλα, καὶ ὁ Θεὸσ ἡμῶν οὐρανοὺσ ἐποίησε. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 16:26)
  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ Ὀζίασ. εὐλογητὴ σύ, θύγατερ, τῷ Θεῷ τῷ Ὑψίστῳ παρὰ πάσασ τὰσ γυναῖκασ τὰσ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ εὐλογημένοσ Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ, ὃσ ἔκτισε τοὺσ οὐρανοὺσ καὶ τὴν γῆν, ὃσ κατεύθυνέ σε εἰσ τραῦμα κεφαλῆσ ἄρχοντοσ ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 13:18)
  • ὅτι ὄψομαι τοὺσ οὐρανούσ, ἔργα τῶν δακτύλων σου, σελήνην καὶ ἀστέρασ, ἃ σὺ ἐθεμελίωσασ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 8:4)

Synonyms

  1. the universe

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