Οὐρανός

See also: ουρανός, Ουρανός, and οὐρανός

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ὄρᾰνος (Óranos) – Aeolic
• Ὠρᾰνός (Ōranós) – Doric, Boeotian

Etymology

From the noun οὐρᾰνός (ouranós, “sky; heaven”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oː.ra.nós/ → /u.raˈnos/ → /u.raˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oː.ra.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnos/

Proper noun

Οὐρᾰνός • (Ouranós) m (genitive Οὐρᾰνοῦ); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Uranus, a primordial god in Greek mythology

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Οὐρᾰνός; τοῦ Οὐρᾰνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Οὐρᾰνός ho Ouranós
Genitive	τοῦ Οὐρᾰνοῦ toû Ouranoû
Dative	τῷ Οὐρᾰνῷ tôi Ouranôi
Accusative	τὸν Οὐρᾰνόν tòn Ouranón
Vocative	Οὐρᾰνέ Ourané
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱ (Ouraníā)

Descendants

• Arabic: أُورَانُوس‎ (ʾūrānūs)
• Asturian: Uranu
• Bengali: ইউরেনাস (iurenas)
• Breton: Ouranos
• Bulgarian: Уран (Uran)
• Catalan: Úranos, Urà
• Czech: Uranos
• Danish: Uranus
• Dutch: Uranus
• English: Uranus
  • → Navajo: Yoowéinis
• Finnish: Uranos
• French: Ouranos
• Galician: Urano
• Georgian: ურანოსი (uranosi)
• German: Uranos
• Greek: Ουρανός (Ouranós)
• Hebrew: אורנוס‎ (uranos)
• Hungarian: Uranosz
• Indonesian: Uranus
• Italian: Urano

• Japanese: ウーラノス (​Ūranosu)
• Korean: 우라노스 (uranoseu)
• Latin: Uranus
• Lithuanian: Uranas
• Luxembourgish: Uranos
• Norwegian: Uranos
• Persian: اورانوس‎
• Polish: Uranos
• Portuguese: Urano
• Russian: Уран (Uran)
• Serbo-Croatian: Уран, Uran
• Slovak: Uranos
• Slovene: Uran
• Spanish: Urano
• Swedish: Uranos
• Ukrainian: Уран (Uran)
• Yiddish: אוראַנוס‎ (uranus)

References

• Οὐρανός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029