Οὐρανός

See also: ουρανός, Ουρανός, and οὐρανός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ὄρᾰνος (Óranos) — Aeolic
• Ὠρᾰνός (Ōranós) — Doric, Boeotian

Etymology

From the noun οὐρᾰνός (ouranós, “sky; heaven”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.ra.nós/ → /u.raˈnos/ → /u.raˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.ra.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnos/

Proper noun

Οὐρᾰνός • (Ouranós) m (genitive Οὐρᾰνοῦ); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Uranus, a primordial god in Greek mythology

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Οὐρᾰνός; τοῦ Οὐρᾰνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Οὐρᾰνός ho Ouranós
Genitive	τοῦ Οὐρᾰνοῦ toû Ouranoû
Dative	τῷ Οὐρᾰνῷ tôi Ouranôi
Accusative	τὸν Οὐρᾰνόν tòn Ouranón
Vocative	Οὐρᾰνέ Ourané
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱ (Ouraníā)

Descendants

• → Arabic: أُورَانُوس (ʔūrānūs)
• → Asturian: Uranu
• → Bengali: ইউরেনাস (iurenaś)
• → Breton: Ouranos
• → Bulgarian: Уран (Uran)
• → Catalan: Úranos, Urà
• → Czech: Uranos
• → Danish: Uranus
• → Dutch: Uranus
• → English: Uranus
  • → Navajo: Yoowéinis
• → Finnish: Uranos
• → French: Ouranos
• → Galician: Urano
• → Georgian: ურანოსი (uranosi)
• → German: Uranos
• Greek: Ουρανός (Ouranós)
• → Hebrew: אורנוס (uranos)
• → Hungarian: Uranosz
• → Indonesian: Uranus
• → Italian: Urano
• → Japanese: ウーラノス (​Ūranosu)
• → Korean: 우라노스 (uranoseu)
• → Latin: Uranus
• → Lithuanian: Uranas
• → Luxembourgish: Uranos
• → Malay: اورانوس (Uranus)
• → Norwegian: Uranos
• → Persian: اورانوس
• → Polish: Uranos
• → Portuguese: Urano
• → Russian: Уран (Uran)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Уран, Uran
• → Slovak: Uranos
• → Slovene: Uran
• → Sicilian: Uranu
• → Spanish: Urano
• → Swedish: Uranos
• → Ukrainian: Уран (Uran)
• → Yiddish: אוראַנוס (uranus)

References

• Οὐρανός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029