οὐρανοσκόπος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From οὐρᾰνός (ouranós, “heaven, sky”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look, contemplate”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /oː.ra.nos.kó.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /u.ra.nosˈko.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /u.ra.nosˈko.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /u.ra.nosˈko.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /u.ra.nosˈko.pos/
Adjective
οὐρᾰνοσκόπος • (ouranoskópos) m or f (neuter οὐρᾰνοσκόπον); second declension
- observing the heavens
Declension
Second declension of οὐρᾰνοσκόπος; οὐρᾰνοσκόπον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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Noun
οὐρᾰνοσκόπος • (ouranoskópos) m (genitive οὐρᾰνοσκόπου); second declension
- Atlantic stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber)
- Synonym: καλλιώνυμος (kalliṓnumos)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ οὐρᾰνοσκόπος; τοῦ οὐρᾰνοσκόπου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Uranoscopus
References
- 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