"οὐρανός" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /uː.ra.nós/, /u.raˈnos/, /u.raˈnos/, /uː.ra.nós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /u.raˈnos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /u.raˈnos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /u.raˈnos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /u.raˈnos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Of disputed origin, with multiple theories proposed: * Perhaps from an older *(ϝ)ορσανός (*(w)orsanós), which may be related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁worseye-, from *h₁wers- (“rain”) (compare Sanskrit वर्षति (varṣati, “it rains”). Beekes appears to favor this derivation. * From Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to rise, protrude”), and compared to Lithuanian viršùs (“top, upper”), Sanskrit वर्ष्मन् (varṣman, “height, top”). This is not favored by Beekes. * From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wer- (“broad”), and compared with Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa, “sea god”) and अर्णव (arṇava, “ocean”). This is categorically rejected by Beekes. * Based on the infix -αν- (-an-), which is difficult to explain as an old Indo-European formation, perhaps Pre-Greek; however, as the sky was very important to Indo-European groups, it is unlikely that a non-Indo-European formation for "sky" would become the dominant word in an Indo-European language. A folk etymology advanced by Aristotle interpreted it as ὅρος (hóros, “limit”) and ἄνω (ánō, “up”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro||*h₁worseye-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁worseye-, {{cog|sa|वर्षति|t=it rains}} Sanskrit वर्षति (varṣati, “it rains”), {{der|grc|ine-pro|*wers-|t=to rise, protrude}} Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to rise, protrude”), {{cog|lt|viršùs|t=top, upper}} Lithuanian viršùs (“top, upper”), {{cog|sa|वर्ष्मन्|t=height, top}} Sanskrit वर्ष्मन् (varṣman, “height, top”), {{der|grc|ine-pro|*h₁wer-|t=broad}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁wer- (“broad”), {{cog|sa|वरुण|t=sea god|tr=váruṇa}} Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa, “sea god”), {{bor|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|οὐρᾰνοῦ|m|second|head=οὐρᾰνός}} οὐρᾰνός • (ourănós) m (genitive οὐρᾰνοῦ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|οὐρᾰνός|οὐρᾰνοῦ|notes=Classical authors did not use the plural forms, which are not seen until later Greek, especially in Christian writings such as the New Testament.}} Forms: οὐρᾰνός [canonical], ourănós [romanization], οὐρᾰνοῦ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ οὐρᾰνός [nominative, singular], τὼ οὐρᾰνώ [dual, nominative], οἱ οὐρᾰνοί [nominative, plural], τοῦ οὐρᾰνοῦ [genitive, singular], τοῖν οὐρᾰνοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν οὐρᾰνῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ οὐρᾰνῷ [dative, singular], τοῖν οὐρᾰνοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς οὐρᾰνοῖς [dative, plural], τὸν οὐρᾰνόν [accusative, singular], τὼ οὐρᾰνώ [accusative, dual], τοὺς οὐρᾰνούς [accusative, plural], οὐρᾰνέ [singular, vocative], οὐρᾰνώ [dual, vocative], οὐρᾰνοί [plural, vocative], ὄρᾰνος [alternative], ὠρᾰνός [alternative]
  1. the vaulted sky, on which the stars were attached and the sun traveled: sky, heaven
    Sense id: en-οὐρανός-grc-noun-U7JjFoU6 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 18 29 28 26 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 21 22 26 30 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 21 25 24 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 31 31 21
  2. the region above this vault, the home of the gods
    Sense id: en-οὐρανός-grc-noun-RVlbPjL6 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 18 29 28 26 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 21 22 26 30 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 21 25 24 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 31 31 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 37 28 16
  3. (philosophy) the universe Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-οὐρανός-grc-noun-3uKG9Yu1 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 18 29 28 26 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 21 22 26 30 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 21 25 24 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 31 31 21 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  4. anything shaped like the sky: vaulted ceiling, tent
    Sense id: en-οὐρανός-grc-noun-nzlkTntq Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 18 29 28 26 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 21 22 26 30 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 21 25 24 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 31 31 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Οὐρανία (Ouranía), οὐράνιος (ouránios), οὐρᾰνῐ́σκος (ourănĭ́skos), Οὐρανίωνες (Ouraníōnes), οὐρανόθεν (ouranóthen), οὐρανόθι (ouranóthi), Οὐρανός (Ouranós), οὐρανοσκόπος (ouranoskópos), οὐρᾰνοῦχος (ourănoûkhos), οὐρανόφι (ouranóphi), οὐρανόω (ouranóō), ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐος (huperourắnĭos)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Ouranía",
      "word": "Οὐρανία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ouránios",
      "word": "οὐράνιος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ourănĭ́skos",
      "word": "οὐρᾰνῐ́σκος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ouraníōnes",
      "word": "Οὐρανίωνες"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ouranóthen",
      "word": "οὐρανόθεν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ouranóthi",
      "word": "οὐρανόθι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ouranós",
      "word": "Οὐρανός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ouranoskópos",
      "word": "οὐρανοσκόπος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ourănoûkhos",
      "word": "οὐρᾰνοῦχος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ouranóphi",
      "word": "οὐρανόφι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ouranóō",
      "word": "οὐρανόω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huperourắnĭos",
      "word": "ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "ουρανός"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: ουρανός (ouranós)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: ουρανός (ouranós)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-mar",
            "2": "урано́с",
            "3": "урано́"
          },
          "expansion": "Mariupol Greek: урано́с (uranós), урано́ (uranó)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mariupol Greek: урано́с (uranós), урано́ (uranó)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*h₁worseye-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁worseye-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "वर्षति",
        "t": "it rains"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit वर्षति (varṣati, “it rains”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wers-",
        "t": "to rise, protrude"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to rise, protrude”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "viršùs",
        "t": "top, upper"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian viršùs (“top, upper”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "वर्ष्मन्",
        "t": "height, top"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit वर्ष्मन् (varṣman, “height, top”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁wer-",
        "t": "broad"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁wer- (“broad”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "वरुण",
        "t": "sea god",
        "tr": "váruṇa"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa, “sea god”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of disputed origin, with multiple theories proposed:\n* Perhaps from an older *(ϝ)ορσανός (*(w)orsanós), which may be related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁worseye-, from *h₁wers- (“rain”) (compare Sanskrit वर्षति (varṣati, “it rains”). Beekes appears to favor this derivation.\n* From Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to rise, protrude”), and compared to Lithuanian viršùs (“top, upper”), Sanskrit वर्ष्मन् (varṣman, “height, top”). This is not favored by Beekes.\n* From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wer- (“broad”), and compared with Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa, “sea god”) and अर्णव (arṇava, “ocean”). This is categorically rejected by Beekes.\n* Based on the infix -αν- (-an-), which is difficult to explain as an old Indo-European formation, perhaps Pre-Greek; however, as the sky was very important to Indo-European groups, it is unlikely that a non-Indo-European formation for \"sky\" would become the dominant word in an Indo-European language.\nA folk etymology advanced by Aristotle interpreted it as ὅρος (hóros, “limit”) and ἄνω (ánō, “up”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "οὐρᾰνός",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ourănós",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρᾰνοῦ",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ οὐρᾰνός",
      "roman": "ho ourănós",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ οὐρᾰνώ",
      "roman": "tṑ ourănṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ οὐρᾰνοί",
      "roman": "hoi ourănoí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ οὐρᾰνοῦ",
      "roman": "toû ourănoû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν οὐρᾰνοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn ourănoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν οὐρᾰνῶν",
      "roman": "tôn ourănôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ οὐρᾰνῷ",
      "roman": "tôi ourănôi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν οὐρᾰνοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn ourănoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς οὐρᾰνοῖς",
      "roman": "toîs ourănoîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν οὐρᾰνόν",
      "roman": "tòn ourănón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ οὐρᾰνώ",
      "roman": "tṑ ourănṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς οὐρᾰνούς",
      "roman": "toùs ourănoús",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρᾰνέ",
      "roman": "ourăné",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρᾰνώ",
      "roman": "ourănṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οὐρᾰνοί",
      "roman": "ourănoí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄρᾰνος",
      "roman": "órănos",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὠρᾰνός",
      "roman": "ōrănós",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "οὐρᾰνοῦ",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second",
        "head": "οὐρᾰνός"
      },
      "expansion": "οὐρᾰνός • (ourănós) m (genitive οὐρᾰνοῦ); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "οὐρᾰνός",
        "2": "οὐρᾰνοῦ",
        "notes": "Classical authors did not use the plural forms, which are not seen until later Greek, especially in Christian writings such as the New Testament."
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the vaulted sky, on which the stars were attached and the sun traveled: sky, heaven"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vaulted",
          "vaulted"
        ],
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ],
        [
          "heaven",
          "heaven"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the region above this vault, the home of the gods"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Philosophy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the universe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "philosophy",
          "philosophy"
        ],
        [
          "universe",
          "Universe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philosophy) the universe"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything shaped like the sky: vaulted ceiling, tent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vaulted",
          "vaulted"
        ],
        [
          "tent",
          "tent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/uː.ra.nós/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u.raˈnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u.raˈnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uː.ra.nós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u.raˈnos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u.raˈnos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u.raˈnos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u.raˈnos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Aristotle"
  ],
  "word": "οὐρανός"
}

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