uranographia

uranographia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /uː.ra.noˈɡra.pʰi.a/, [uː.ra.nɔˈɡra.pʰi.a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.ra.noˈɡra.fi.a/, [u.ra.noˈɡraː.fi.a]

Noun

ūranographia f (genitive ūranographiae); first declension

1. uranography, celestial cartography
   • 1690, Johannes Hevelius, Firmamentum Sobiescianum, sive Uranographia, p. 2

     Haec autem nostra Uranographia, sive Firmamentum Sobiescianum, ad ductum Astronomiae Prodromi nostri, et normam Fixarum Catalogi in eo exhibiti, est delineata, eum in finem, ut Globum Coelestem trium vel quatuor Pedum, quoad radium in plano descriptum, repraesentet.

     However, this, our Celestial Cartography, or the Firmament of Sobieski, is delineated for leading to our Introductory Course on Astronomy and to the standard of the fixed star catalog within it, so that a Celestial Globe of three or four feet in radius might be represented.

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ūranographia	ūranographiae
Genitive	ūranographiae	ūranographiārum
Dative	ūranographiae	ūranographiīs
Accusative	ūranographiam	ūranographiās
Ablative	ūranographiā	ūranographiīs
Vocative	ūranographia	ūranographiae

Related terms

• ūranographus