οὐρανοῦχος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From οὐρᾰνός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /oː.ra.nôː.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /u.raˈnu.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /u.raˈnu.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /u.raˈnu.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /u.raˈnu.xos/
Adjective
οὐρᾰνοῦχος • (ouranoûkhos) m or f (neuter οὐρᾰνοῦχον); second declension
- holding heaven
Declension
Second declension of οὐρᾰνοῦχος; οὐρᾰνοῦχον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | οὐρᾰνοῦχος ouranoûkhos | οὐρᾰνοῦχον ouranoûkhon | οὐρᾰνούχω ouranoúkhō | οὐρᾰνούχω ouranoúkhō | οὐρᾰνοῦχοι ouranoûkhoi | οὐρᾰνοῦχᾰ ouranoûkha | ||||||||
Genitive | οὐρᾰνούχου ouranoúkhou | οὐρᾰνούχου ouranoúkhou | οὐρᾰνούχοιν ouranoúkhoin | οὐρᾰνούχοιν ouranoúkhoin | οὐρᾰνούχων ouranoúkhōn | οὐρᾰνούχων ouranoúkhōn | ||||||||
Dative | οὐρᾰνούχῳ ouranoúkhōi | οὐρᾰνούχῳ ouranoúkhōi | οὐρᾰνούχοιν ouranoúkhoin | οὐρᾰνούχοιν ouranoúkhoin | οὐρᾰνούχοις ouranoúkhois | οὐρᾰνούχοις ouranoúkhois | ||||||||
Accusative | οὐρᾰνοῦχον ouranoûkhon | οὐρᾰνοῦχον ouranoûkhon | οὐρᾰνούχω ouranoúkhō | οὐρᾰνούχω ouranoúkhō | οὐρᾰνούχους ouranoúkhous | οὐρᾰνοῦχᾰ ouranoûkha | ||||||||
Vocative | οὐρᾰνοῦχε ouranoûkhe | οὐρᾰνοῦχον ouranoûkhon | οὐρᾰνούχω ouranoúkhō | οὐρᾰνούχω ouranoúkhō | οὐρᾰνοῦχοι ouranoûkhoi | οὐρᾰνοῦχᾰ ouranoûkha | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
οὐρᾰνούχως ouranoúkhōs | οὐρᾰνουχότερος ouranoukhóteros | οὐρᾰνουχότᾰτος ouranoukhótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- οὐρανοῦχος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- οὐρανοῦχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette