Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπερουράνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπερουράνιος ὑπερουράνιον

Structure: ὑπερουρανι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. above the heavens

Examples

  • τὸν δὲ ὑπερουράνιον τόπον οὔτε τισ ὕμνησέ πω τῶν τῇδε ποιητὴσ οὔτε ποτὲ ὑμνήσει κατ’ ἀξίαν. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 142:1)
  • "τὸν δὲ ὑπερουράνιον τόπον οὔτε τισ ὕμνησέ πω τῶν τῇδε ποιητὴσ οὔτε ὑμνήσει κατ’ ἀξίαν· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 34:13)

Synonyms

  1. above the heavens

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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