Οὐρᾰνία( Boeot.
Ὠρανία
IG 7.1804 , also at Epidaurus, ib. 42(1).283 ), Ep. and Ion.
-ιη, ἡ,Urania, name of one of the Muses, Hes. Th. 78 ; later, she was looked on esp. as the Muse of Astronomy, Cic. Div. 1.11.17 , al.
II. epith. of Aphrodite, opp.Ἀ. Πάνδημος, Pl. Smp. 181c , cf. Pi. Fr. 122.4 , Hdt. 1.105 ; worshipped in Scythia, Id. 4.59 , IPE 2.28 (Panticapaeum); in Amorgos, IG 12(7).57
(iii B. C.).
III. the Arabians calledthe moon Ἀλιλάτ, i.e.Οὐρανίη, Hdt. 3.8 .
IV. a game in which a ball was thrown into the air, Hsch.
V. a plant, = ἶρις , Ps.- Dsc. 1.1 .
VI.
Aeol. or Dor.
ὠρανίᾱφι, said to be voc.,O(Muse)of heaven, Alcm. 59 .