οὐρᾰνός , ὁ , Dor. and Boeot. ὠρανός Alcm. 23.16 , Theoc. 2.147 , 5.144 , Corinn. Supp. 2.79 , Hymn.Is. 19 ; Aeol. ὄρανος ( ὀράνω Sapph. 37 , 64 , Alc. 34 , but ὠράνω Sapph. 1.11 (s. v.l.), Alc. 17 (s
οὐρᾰνός,ὁ, Dor. and Boeot.
ὠρανός
Alcm. 23.16 , Theoc. 2.147 , 5.144 , Corinn. Supp. 2.79 , Hymn.Is. 19 ; Aeol.
ὄρανος(
A.
ὀράνω
Sapph. 37
, 64 , Alc. 34 , but ὠράνω
Sapph. 1.11
(s. v.l.), Alc. 17 (s. v.l.), and v. Οὐρανία ): —never used in pl. by classical writers,v.
1.4 : (v. fin.):
I. heaven: in Hom. and Hes. ,
1. vaultorfirmament of heaven, sky, γαῖα . . ἐγείνατο ἶσον ἑαυτῇ οὐρανὸν ἀστερόεντα, ἵνα μιν περὶ πάντα καλύπτοι
Hes. Th. 127
; ἔχει δέ τε κίονας αὐτὸς [ἄτλας] μακράς, αἳ γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχουσι
Od. 1.54
, cf. A. Pr. 351 ; χάλκεος
Il. 17.425
; πολύχαλκος
5.504
, Od. 3.2 ; σιδήρεος
15.329
; wrapped in clouds, Il. 15.192 , Od. 5.303 ; above the aether, Il. 2.458 , 17.425 , 19.351 , cf. Sch. Il. 3.3 ; even Emp. continued to regard it as solid (στερέμνιον), Placit. 2.11.2 (Vorsokr.i p.209 ); defined asαἰθέρος τὸ ἔσχατονby Zeno Stoic. 1.33 , cf. Ar. Nu. 95 sqq.;ἠέλιος δὲ οὐρανοῦ ἐξαπόλωλε, of an eclipse, Od. 20.357 , cf. S. Aj. 845 ; ἐν δὲ τὰ τείρεα πάντα, τά τ' οὐρανὸς ἐστεφάνωται
Il. 18.485
; Ἕσπερος, ὃς κάλλιστος ἐν οὐρανῷ ἵσταται ἀστήρ
22.318
; οὐρανὸς ἀστερόεις
6.108
,al.
2. heaven, as the seat of the gods, outside or above this skyey vault, the portion of Zeus (v.Ὄλυμπος), 15.192 , cf. Od. 1.67 , etc.; οὐ. Οὔλυμπός τε
Il. 1.497
, 8.394 ;Οὔλυμ πός τε καὶ οὐ. 19.128 ;πύλαι οὐρανοῦ Heaven-gate, i. e. a thick cloud, which theὯραιlifted and put downlikea trap-door, 5.749 , 8.393 ; so, later,οἱ ἐξ οὐρανοῦthe gods ofheaven, A. Pr. 897 (lyr.);οἱ ἐν οὐρανῷ θεοί(viz. Sun, etc.) Pl. R. 508a ; εὔχετο, χεῖρ' ὀρέγων εἰς οὐ. ἀστερόεντα
Il. 15.371
, Od. 9.527 ;νὴ τὸν οὐ. Ar. Pl. 267 , 366 .
3. in common language,sky, οὐδέ τις ἄλλη φαίνετο γαιάων, ἀλλ' οὐ. ἠδὲ θάλασσα
Od. 14.302
; σέλας δ' εἰς οὐ. ἵκῃ
Il. 8.509
;κλέος οὐρανὸν ἵκει, κλέος οὐ. εὐρὺν ἱκάνει, renown reachesto heaven, ib. 192 , Od. 19.108 ; soὀρυμαγδός, κνίση, σκόπελος οὐρανὸν ἷκενorἱκάνει, Il. 17.425 , 1.317 , Od. 12.73 (cf. οὐράνιος
11
,οὐρανομήκης): metaph.,ὕβρις τε βίη τε σιδήρεον οὐ. ἵκειdeeds of violence 'cryto heaven', 15.329 , 17.565 ; γῇ τε κοὐρανῷ λέξαι . . τύχας
E. Med. 57
, cf. Philem. 79.1 ;πρὸς οὐρανὸν βιβάζειν τιto exaltto heaven, S OC 381 ;πρὸς τὸν οὐ. ἥλλοντοleaped upon high, X. Cyr. 1.4.11 ; πρὸς τὸν οὐ. βλέπειν
Id. Oec. 19.9
.
4. in Philos.,the heavens, universe, Pl. Plt. 269d , Ti. 32b , Arist. Cael. 278b21 , Metaph. 990a20 , al.: pl. inVT,οἱ οὐρανοίtheheavens, LXX Ps. 96(97).6 , 148.4 ,al.
5. a region of heaven, climate, Hdt. 1.142 .
6.
Pythag. name of 10 , Theol.Ar. 59 .
II. anything shaped like the vault of heaven, as,
1. vaulted rooforceiling, Hsch.
2. roof of the mouth, palate, Arist. HA 492a20 , PA 660a14 , Ath. 8.344b , AP 5.104 (Marc. Arg.).
3. lid, Matro Conv. 12 .
4. tent, pavilion, Them. Or. 13.166b .
III. pr. n.,Uranos, son of Erebos and Gaia, Hes. Th. 127s q.; but husband of Gaia, parent of Cronos and the Titans (cf.Οὐρανίδης), ib. 106 , h.Hom. 30.17 , cf. A. Pr. 207 . (Acc. to Arist. Mu. 400a7 , fromὅροςandἄνω, cf. Pl. Cra. 396c . This must be wrong, but the true etym. is doubtful.)
