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οὐρᾰνός, ὁ,
Doric dialect and Boeotian dialect ὠρανός [[ 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 23.16, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.147, 5.144, 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica “Supp.” 2.79, “Hymnus ad Isim” 19] Refs 7th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect ὄρανος (ὀράνω [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 37, 64, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 34, but ὠράνω 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 1.11 (assuming variant), 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 17 (assuming variant), and see at {Οὐρανία}): —never used in _plural_ by classical writers, see 1.4: (see. near the end): ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__I heaven: in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.1 vault or firmament of heaven, sky, γαῖα.. ἐγείνατο ἶσον ἑαυτῇ οὐρανὸν ἀστερόεντα, ἵνα μιν περὶ πάντα καλύπτοι [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 127; ἔχει δέ τε κίονας αὐτὸς [Ἄτλας] μακράς, αἳ γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχουσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.54, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 351; χάλκεος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.425; πολύχαλκος 5.504, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.2; σιδήρεος 15.329 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; wrapped in clouds, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.192, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.303 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; above the aether, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.458, 17.425, 19.351, cf. Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.3; even 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] continued to regard it as solid (στερέμνιον), [[ “Placita Philosophorum” 2.11.2 (“Vorsokr.” ip.209)] Refs]; defined as αἰθέρος τὸ ἔσχατον by [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.33, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 95 ff.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἠέλιος δὲ οὐρανοῦ ἐξαπόλωλε, of an eclipse, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.357, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 845; ἐν δὲ τὰ τείρεα πάντα, τά τ᾽ οὐρανὸς ἐστεφάνωται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.485; Ἕσπερος, ὃς κάλλιστος ἐν οὐρανῷ ἵσταται ἀστήρ 22.318; οὐρανὸς ἀστερόεις 6.108, +others ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __I.2 heaven, as the seat of the gods, outside or above this skyey vault, the portion of Zeus (see. Ὄλυμπος),[[ 15.192, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.67, etc.; οὐ. Οὔλυμπός τε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.497, 8.394; Οὔλυμ πός τε καὶ οὐ. 19.128 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πύλαι οὐρανοῦ [[ “Heaven” -gate, i. e. a thick cloud, which the Ὧραι lifted and put down like a trap-door, 5.749, 8.393 ] Refs]; so, later, οἱ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ the gods of heaven, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 897 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν οὐρανῷ θεοί (viz. Sun, etc.) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 508a; εὔχετο, χεῖρ᾽ ὀρέγων εἰς οὐ. ἀστερόεντα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.371, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.527 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; νὴ τὸν οὐ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 267, 366. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 in common language, sky, οὐδέ τις ἄλλη φαίνετο γαιάων, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ. ἠδὲ θάλασσα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.302; σέλας δ᾽ εἰς οὐ. ἵκῃ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.509 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλέος οὐρανὸν ἵκει, κλέος οὐ. εὐρὺν ἱκάνει, renown reaches to heaven,[[ [prev. work] 192, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.108 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so ὀρυμαγδός, κνίση, σκόπελος οὐρανὸν ἷκεν or ἱκάνει, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.425, 1.317, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.73 (compare οὐράνιος 11, οὐρανομήκης): _metaphorically_, ὕβρις τε βίη τε σιδήρεον οὐ. ἵκει] Refs 8th c.BC+] deeds of violence 'cry to heaven', [[ 15.329, 17.565; γῇ τε κοὐρανῷ λέξαι.. τύχας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 57, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 79.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς οὐρανὸν βιβάζειν τι to exalt to heaven, [[S “OC” 381] Refs]; πρὸς τὸν οὐ. ἥλλοντο leaped up on high, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.11; πρὸς τὸν οὐ. βλέπειν [prev. author] “Oec.” 19.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.4 in Philos., the heavens, universe, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 269d, “Ti.” 32b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 278b21, “Metaphorical” 990a20, +others: _plural_ in “VT”, οἱ οὐρανοί] Refs 5th c.BC+] the heavens, [[ LXX.Psa.96(97).6, 148.4, +others ] LXX]
__I.5 a region of heaven, climate, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.142. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.6 [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus name of 10, “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 59. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II anything shaped like the vault of heaven, as,
__II.1 vaulted roof or ceiling, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II.2 roof of the mouth, palate, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 492a20, “PA” 660a14, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.344b, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.104 (Marc. argument). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 lid, [[ 4th c.BC: Matro Parodius “Convivium - Corpusculum poesis epicae ludibundae” 12. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4 tent, pavilion, [[ 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 13.166b. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__III proper name, “Uranos”, son of Erebos and Gaia, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 127s q] Refs 8th c.BC+].; but husband of Gaia, parent of Cronos and the Titans (compare Οὐρανίδης),[[ [prev. work] 106, “Hymni Homerici” 30.17, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 207. (Acc. to 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 400a7, from ὅρος and ἄνω,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 396c. This must be wrong, but the true etymology is doubtful.) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
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