ἐπουράνιος [ᾰ], ον,
Epic dialect η, ον [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus (see.below), 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 2.429 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:— heavenly, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only of the gods, ἐ. θεός, θεοί, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.484, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.129, +others; εὐσεβέων ἐ. ψυχαί 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 132.3; πατήρ NT.Matt.18.35 ] NT+8th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐ. πορεία falsa lectio in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 256d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 plural, as substantive, οἱ ἐ., ={θεοί}, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.5, 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.21 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; opposed to ἐπίγειοι, [[ NT.Phil.2.11; so ἤδη ἐ. εἶ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 4.3 ] NT+2nd c.AD+]; τὰ ἐ., ={τὰ μετέωρα}, variant in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 19b (ἐ. σώματα NT.1Cor.15.40). ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__3 up to heaven, ἔπτατ᾽ ἐπουρανίη variant in [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 134. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]