ἐπουράνιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπῐ- (epi-, “upon”) + οὐρᾰ́νῐος (ouránios, “heavenly”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.puː.rá.ni.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.puˈra.ni.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.puˈra.ni.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.puˈra.ni.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.puˈra.ni.os/
Adjective
ἐπουρᾰ́νῐος • (epouránios) m (feminine ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ᾱ, neuter ἐπουρᾰ́νῐον); first/second declension
- in heaven, heavenly
- 300 CE – 400 CE, Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 2.429
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.484
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.129
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Fragments 132.3
- 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 18:35
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 256D
- (plural substantive)
- (masculine) the gods
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 25.5
- 200 BCE – 100 BCE, Moschus, Collected Works 2.21
- New Testament, Epistle to the Philippians 2:11
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 4.3
- (neuter) phenomena of the heavens
- 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 19B
- 53 CE – 55 CE, Paul the Apostle, First Epistle to the Corinthians 15:40
- (masculine) the gods
Inflection
First and second declension of ἐπουρᾰ́νῐος; ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ᾱ; ἐπουρᾰ́νῐον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἐπουρᾰ́νῐος epouránios | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ᾱ epouraníā | ἐπουρᾰ́νῐον epouránion | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ω epouraníō | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ᾱ epouraníā | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ω epouraníō | ἐπουρᾰ́νῐοι epouránioi | ἐπουρᾰ́νῐαι epourániai | ἐπουρᾰ́νῐᾰ epouránia | |||||
Genitive | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ου epouraníou | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ᾱς epouraníās | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ου epouraníou | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́οιν epouraníoin | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́αιν epouraníain | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́οιν epouraníoin | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ων epouraníōn | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ων epouraníōn | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ων epouraníōn | |||||
Dative | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ῳ epouraníōi | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ᾳ epouraníāi | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ῳ epouraníōi | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́οιν epouraníoin | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́αιν epouraníain | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́οιν epouraníoin | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́οις epouraníois | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́αις epouraníais | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́οις epouraníois | |||||
Accusative | ἐπουρᾰ́νῐον epouránion | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ᾱν epouraníān | ἐπουρᾰ́νῐον epouránion | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ω epouraníō | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ᾱ epouraníā | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ω epouraníō | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ους epouraníous | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ᾱς epouraníās | ἐπουρᾰ́νῐᾰ epouránia | |||||
Vocative | ἐπουρᾰ́νῐε epouránie | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ᾱ epouraníā | ἐπουρᾰ́νῐον epouránion | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ω epouraníō | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ᾱ epouraníā | ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ω epouraníō | ἐπουρᾰ́νῐοι epouránioi | ἐπουρᾰ́νῐαι epourániai | ἐπουρᾰ́νῐᾰ epouránia | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐπουρᾰνῐ́ως epouraníōs | ἐπουρᾰνῐώτερος epouraniṓteros | ἐπουρᾰνῐώτᾰτος epouraniṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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References
- “ἐπουράνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπουράνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐπουράνιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐπουράνιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐπουράνιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G2032 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible