οὐρανίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.ra.nís.kos/ → /u.raˈnis.kos/ → /u.raˈnis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.ra.nís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnis.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /u.raˈnis.kos/

Noun

οὐρᾰνῐ́σκος • (ourănĭ́skos) m (genitive οὐρᾰνῐ́σκου); second declension

1. little heaven or sky, hence:
   1. vaulted ceiling, especially the top of a tent, canopy
   2. (anatomy) palate, roof of the mouth

      Synonym: ὑπερῴᾱ (huperṓiā)

   3. (astronomy) Corona Australis

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκος; τοῦ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκος ho ourănĭ́skos	τὼ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκω tṑ ourănĭ́skō	οἱ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκοι hoi ourănĭ́skoi
Genitive	τοῦ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκου toû ourănĭ́skou	τοῖν οὐρᾰνῐ́σκοιν toîn ourănĭ́skoin	τῶν οὐρᾰνῐ́σκων tôn ourănĭ́skōn
Dative	τῷ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκῳ tôi ourănĭ́skōi	τοῖν οὐρᾰνῐ́σκοιν toîn ourănĭ́skoin	τοῖς οὐρᾰνῐ́σκοις toîs ourănĭ́skois
Accusative	τὸν οὐρᾰνῐ́σκον tòn ourănĭ́skon	τὼ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκω tṑ ourănĭ́skō	τοὺς οὐρᾰνῐ́σκους toùs ourănĭ́skous
Vocative	οὐρᾰνῐ́σκε ourănĭ́ske	οὐρᾰνῐ́σκω ourănĭ́skō	οὐρᾰνῐ́σκοι ourănĭ́skoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: ουρανίσκος (ouranískos)

Further reading

• “οὐρανίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• οὐρανίσκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette