οὐρανοῦχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οὐρᾰνός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”) +‎ ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.ra.nûː.kʰos/ → /u.raˈnu.xos/ → /u.raˈnu.xos/

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

Adjective

οὐρᾰνοῦχος • (ouranoûkhos) m or f (neuter οὐρᾰνοῦχον); second declension

1. holding heaven

Declension

Second declension of οὐρᾰνοῦχος; οὐρᾰνοῦχον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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