οὐρανοσκόπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οὐρᾰνός (ouranós, “heaven, sky”) +‎ σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look, contemplate”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.ra.nos.kó.pos/ → /u.ra.nosˈko.pos/ → /u.ra.nosˈko.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.ra.nos.kó.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /u.ra.nosˈko.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /u.ra.nosˈko.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /u.ra.nosˈko.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /u.ra.nosˈko.pos/

Adjective

οὐρᾰνοσκόπος • (ouranoskópos) m or f (neuter οὐρᾰνοσκόπον); second declension

1. observing the heavens

Declension

Second declension of οὐρᾰνοσκόπος; οὐρᾰνοσκόπον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		οὐρᾰνοσκόπος ouranoskópos	οὐρᾰνοσκόπον ouranoskópon		οὐρᾰνοσκόπω ouranoskópō	οὐρᾰνοσκόπω ouranoskópō		οὐρᾰνοσκόποι ouranoskópoi	οὐρᾰνοσκόπᾰ ouranoskópa
Genitive		οὐρᾰνοσκόπου ouranoskópou	οὐρᾰνοσκόπου ouranoskópou		οὐρᾰνοσκόποιν ouranoskópoin	οὐρᾰνοσκόποιν ouranoskópoin		οὐρᾰνοσκόπων ouranoskópōn	οὐρᾰνοσκόπων ouranoskópōn
Dative		οὐρᾰνοσκόπῳ ouranoskópōi	οὐρᾰνοσκόπῳ ouranoskópōi		οὐρᾰνοσκόποιν ouranoskópoin	οὐρᾰνοσκόποιν ouranoskópoin		οὐρᾰνοσκόποις ouranoskópois	οὐρᾰνοσκόποις ouranoskópois
Accusative		οὐρᾰνοσκόπον ouranoskópon	οὐρᾰνοσκόπον ouranoskópon		οὐρᾰνοσκόπω ouranoskópō	οὐρᾰνοσκόπω ouranoskópō		οὐρᾰνοσκόπους ouranoskópous	οὐρᾰνοσκόπᾰ ouranoskópa
Vocative		οὐρᾰνοσκόπε ouranoskópe	οὐρᾰνοσκόπον ouranoskópon		οὐρᾰνοσκόπω ouranoskópō	οὐρᾰνοσκόπω ouranoskópō		οὐρᾰνοσκόποι ouranoskópoi	οὐρᾰνοσκόπᾰ ouranoskópa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		οὐρᾰνοσκόπως ouranoskópōs			οὐρᾰνοσκοπώτερος ouranoskopṓteros			οὐρᾰνοσκοπώτᾰτος ouranoskopṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

οὐρᾰνοσκόπος • (ouranoskópos) m (genitive οὐρᾰνοσκόπου); second declension

1. Atlantic stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber)

   Synonyms: ἄγνος (ágnos), καλλιώνυμος (kalliṓnumos)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ οὐρᾰνοσκόπος; τοῦ οὐρᾰνοσκόπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οὐρᾰνοσκόπος ho ouranoskópos	τὼ οὐρᾰνοσκόπω tṑ ouranoskópō	οἱ οὐρᾰνοσκόποι hoi ouranoskópoi
Genitive	τοῦ οὐρᾰνοσκόπου toû ouranoskópou	τοῖν οὐρᾰνοσκόποιν toîn ouranoskópoin	τῶν οὐρᾰνοσκόπων tôn ouranoskópōn
Dative	τῷ οὐρᾰνοσκόπῳ tôi ouranoskópōi	τοῖν οὐρᾰνοσκόποιν toîn ouranoskópoin	τοῖς οὐρᾰνοσκόποις toîs ouranoskópois
Accusative	τὸν οὐρᾰνοσκόπον tòn ouranoskópon	τὼ οὐρᾰνοσκόπω tṑ ouranoskópō	τοὺς οὐρᾰνοσκόπους toùs ouranoskópous
Vocative	οὐρᾰνοσκόπε ouranoskópe	οὐρᾰνοσκόπω ouranoskópō	οὐρᾰνοσκόποι ouranoskópoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Uranoscopus

Further reading

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