οὐρανίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ískos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.ra.nís.kos/ → /u.raˈnis.kos/ → /u.raˈnis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.ra.nís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnis.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnis.kos/

Noun

οὐρᾰνῐ́σκος • (ouranískos) m (genitive οὐρᾰνῐ́σκου); second declension

1. little heaven or sky, hence:
   1. vaulted ceiling, especially the top of a tent, canopy
   2. (anatomy) palate, roof of the mouth

      Synonym: ὑπερῴᾱ (huperṓiā)

   3. (astronomy) Corona Australis

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκος; τοῦ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκος ho ouranískos	τὼ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκω tṑ ouranískō	οἱ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκοι hoi ouranískoi
Genitive	τοῦ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκου toû ouranískou	τοῖν οὐρᾰνῐ́σκοιν toîn ouranískoin	τῶν οὐρᾰνῐ́σκων tôn ouranískōn
Dative	τῷ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκῳ tôi ouranískōi	τοῖν οὐρᾰνῐ́σκοιν toîn ouranískoin	τοῖς οὐρᾰνῐ́σκοις toîs ouranískois
Accusative	τὸν οὐρᾰνῐ́σκον tòn ouranískon	τὼ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκω tṑ ouranískō	τοὺς οὐρᾰνῐ́σκους toùs ouranískous
Vocative	οὐρᾰνῐ́σκε ouraníske	οὐρᾰνῐ́σκω ouranískō	οὐρᾰνῐ́σκοι ouranískoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: ουρανίσκος (ouranískos)

Further reading

• “οὐρανίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• οὐρανίσκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette