ὑπερουράνιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπερ- (huper-, above, over) +‎ οὐρᾰνός (ouranós, “heaven”) +‎ -ῐος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pe.ruː.rá.ni.os/ → /y.pe.ruˈra.ni.os/ → /i.pe.ruˈra.ni.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pe.ruː.rá.ni.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.pe.ruˈra.ni.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.pe.ruˈra.ni.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.pe.ruˈra.ni.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.pe.ruˈra.ni.os/

Adjective

ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐος • (huperouránios) m or f (neuter ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐον); second declension

1. above the heavens

Declension

Second declension of ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐος; ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐος huperouránios	ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐον huperouránion		ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́ω huperouraníō	ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́ω huperouraníō		ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐοι huperouránioi	ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐᾰ huperouránia
Genitive		ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́ου huperouraníou	ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́ου huperouraníou		ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́οιν huperouraníoin	ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́οιν huperouraníoin		ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́ων huperouraníōn	ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́ων huperouraníōn
Dative		ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́ῳ huperouraníōi	ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́ῳ huperouraníōi		ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́οιν huperouraníoin	ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́οιν huperouraníoin		ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́οις huperouraníois	ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́οις huperouraníois
Accusative		ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐον huperouránion	ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐον huperouránion		ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́ω huperouraníō	ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́ω huperouraníō		ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́ους huperouraníous	ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐᾰ huperouránia
Vocative		ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐε huperouránie	ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐον huperouránion		ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́ω huperouraníō	ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́ω huperouraníō		ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐοι huperouránioi	ὑπερουρᾰ́νῐᾰ huperouránia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὑπερουρᾰνῐ́ως huperouraníōs			ὑπερουρᾰνῐώτερος huperouraniṓteros			ὑπερουρᾰνῐώτᾰτος huperouraniṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Italian: iperuranio

Further reading

• “ὑπερουράνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑπερουράνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὑπερουράνιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette