οὐρανίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

Noun

οὐρᾰνῐ́σκος • (ouranískos) 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 ouranískos		 τὼ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκω
tṑ ouranískō		 οἱ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκοι
hoi ouranískoi
Genitive τοῦ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκου
toû ouranískou		 τοῖν οὐρᾰνῐ́σκοιν
toîn ouranískoin		 τῶν οὐρᾰνῐ́σκων
tôn ouranískōn
Dative τῷ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκῳ
tôi ouranískōi		 τοῖν οὐρᾰνῐ́σκοιν
toîn ouranískoin		 τοῖς οὐρᾰνῐ́σκοις
toîs ouranískois
Accusative τὸν οὐρᾰνῐ́σκον
tòn ouranískon		 τὼ οὐρᾰνῐ́σκω
tṑ ouranískō		 τοὺς οὐρᾰνῐ́σκους
toùs ouranískous
Vocative οὐρᾰνῐ́σκε
ouraníske		 οὐρᾰνῐ́σκω
ouranískō		 οὐρᾰνῐ́σκοι
ouranískoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Greek: ουρανίσκος (ouranískos)

Further reading
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