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οὐράν-ιος [α^], α, ον, also ος, ον E.Ion715, Ph.1729 (both lyr.), Pl.Phdr.247a (v.l.), IG12(2).58b4 (Mytil.):—
A.heavenly, dwelling in heaven, “γένναA.Pr.165 (lyr.); “θεοίh.Cer.55, A.Ag.90 (anap.), E.HF 758 (lyr.), etc.; οὐράνιαι the goddesses, Pi.P.2.38 codd.; “οὐράνιοιthe gods, IG5(1).40 (Laconia); of special gods, Θέμις οὐ. Pi.Fr.30.1; “ΖεύςHdt.6.56, Call.Jov.55, etc.; αἱ οὐ. θεοί, Demeter and Kore, IG12 (5).655.6 (Syros, nr. Delos); “ἭραCIG7034; Ἔρως ib.3157; v. Οὐρανία.
2. generally, in or of heaven, “ἀστήρPi.P.3.75; “πόλοςA.Pr.429 (lyr.); οὐ. θεᾶς βρέτας fallen from heaven, E.IT986; “ἀστραπάS.OC1466 (lyr.); “φῶςId.Ant.944 (lyr.); “νεφέλαιAr.Nu.316; οὐ. ὕδατα, i.e. rain, Pi.O.11(10).2, Gp.2.6.10; so τὰ οὐ. alone, = rains, Thphr.HP4.14.8; οὐ. ἄχος, of a storm, S.Ant.418 (where it may be metaph., cf. infr. 11); “οὐ. σημεῖαX.Cyr.1.6.2; τὰ οὐ. the phenomena of the heavens, Id.Mem.1.1.11; “οὐράνιά τε καὶ χθονοστιβῆS.OT301.
II. reaching to heaven, high as heaven, κίων, of Aetna, Pi.P.1.19; “ἐλάτης οὐ. ἄκρος κλάδοςE.Ba.1064; “πήδημαId.El.860 (lyr.); σκέλος οὐ. ἐκλακτίζειν, ῥίπτειν, kick up sky-high, Ar.V.1492, 1530; of sounds, ὀμφὰν οὐ. A.Supp.808 (lyr.), cf. Ar.Ra.781; “ἵππον οὐράνια βρέμονταE.Tr.519 (lyr.): metaph., mountainous, colossal, “οὐ. ἄχηA.Pers.573 (lyr.); “ἡμάρτηκεν οὐράνιόν γ᾽ ὅσονAr.Ra.1135.
IV. οὐράνιον, τό, name of an eye-salve, Orib. ap. Aët.7.106.
V. Adv. -ίως from the point of view of heaven, opp. γηΐνως, Procl.Sacr.p.148 B.
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