Οὐρανίωνες
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Οὐρανός (Ouranós, “Uranus”) + -ίωνες (-íōnes, patronymic suffix), thus literally ‘children of Uranus’
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /uː.ra.ní.ɔː.nes/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /u.raˈni.o.nes/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /u.raˈni.o.nes/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /u.raˈni.o.nes/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /u.raˈni.o.nes/
Proper noun
Οὐρᾰνίωνες • (Ourăníōnes) m pl (genitive Οὐρᾰνιώνων); third declension
Usage notes
Also used adjectivally, as θεοὶ Οὐρᾰνίωνες (theoì Ourăníōnes).
Declension
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | οἱ Οὐρᾰνίωνες hoi Ourăníōnes | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Οὐρᾰνιώνων tôn Ourăniṓnōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς Οὐρᾰνίωσῐ / Οὐρᾰνίωσῐν toîs Ourăníōsĭ(n) | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τοὺς Οὐρᾰνίωνᾰς toùs Ourăníōnăs | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Οὐρᾰνίωνες Ourăníōnes | ||||||||||||
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Coordinate terms
- Οὐρανιῶναι f pl (Ouraniônai)
Further reading
- Οὐρανίωνες in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “Οὐρανίωνες”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000