Οὐρανίωνες

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Οὐρανός (Ouranós, “Uranus”) +‎ -ίωνες (-íōnes, patronymic suffix), thus literally ‘children of Uranus’

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.ra.ní.ɔː.nes/ → /u.raˈni.o.nes/ → /u.raˈni.o.nes/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.ra.ní.ɔː.nes/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /u.raˈni.o.nes/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /u.raˈni.o.nes/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /u.raˈni.o.nes/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /u.raˈni.o.nes/

Proper noun

Οὐρᾰνίωνες • (Ouraníōnes) m pl (genitive Οὐρᾰνιώνων); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) the gods
2. (specifically) the Titans

Usage notes

Also used adjectivally, as θεοὶ Οὐρᾰνίωνες (theoì Ouraníōnes).

Declension

Third declension of οἱ Οὐρᾰνίωνες; τῶν Οὐρᾰνιώνων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Οὐρᾰνίωνες hoi Ouraníōnes
Genitive	τῶν Οὐρᾰνιώνων tôn Ouraniṓnōn
Dative	τοῖς Οὐρᾰνίωσῐ / Οὐρᾰνίωσῐν toîs Ouraníōsi(n)
Accusative	τοὺς Οὐρᾰνίωνᾰς toùs Ouraníōnas
Vocative	Οὐρᾰνίωνες Ouraníōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Coordinate terms

• Οὐρανιῶναι f pl (Ouraniônai)

Further reading

• Οὐρανίωνες in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Οὐρανίωνες”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000