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οὐρανοῦχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: οὐρανοῦχος οὐρανοῦχον

Structure: οὐρανουχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/xw

Sense

  1. holding heaven, of heaven

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative οὐρανοῦχος οὐράνουχον
Genitive οὐρανούχου οὐρανούχου
Dative οὐρανούχῳ οὐρανούχῳ
Accusative οὐρανοῦχον οὐράνουχον
Vocative οὐρανοῦχε οὐράνουχον
DualN/A/V οὐρανούχω οὐρανούχω
G/D οὐρανούχοιν οὐρανούχοιν
PluralNominative οὐρανοῦχοι οὐράνουχα
Genitive οὐρανούχων οὐρανούχων
Dative οὐρανούχοις οὐρανούχοις
Accusative οὐρανούχους οὐράνουχα
Vocative οὐρανοῦχοι οὐράνουχα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective οὐρανοῦχος οὐρανούχου οὐρανουχότερος οὐρανουχοτέρου οὐρανουχότατος οὐρανουχοτάτου
Adverb οὐρανούχως οὐρανουχότερον οὐρανουχότατα

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

  • ἄξια δ’ οὐρανοῦχον ἀρχὰν σέβειν. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, choral, strophe 23)

Synonyms

  1. holding heaven

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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