A.“ὀράνω” Sapph.37, 64, Alc.34, but “ὠράνω” Sapph.1.11 (s. v.l.), Alc.17 (s. v.l.), and v. Οὐρανία): —never used in pl. by classical writers, v. 1.4: (v. fin.):
I. heaven: in Hom. and Hes.,
1. vault or firmament of heaven, sky, “γαῖα . . ἐγείνατο ἶσον ἑαυτῇ οὐρανὸν ἀστερόεντα, ἵνα μιν περὶ πάντα καλύπτοι” Hes.Th.127; “ἔχει δέ τε κίονας αὐτὸς [Ἄτλας] μακράς, αἳ γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχουσι” Od.1.54, cf. A.Pr.351; “χάλκεος” Il.17.425; “πολύχαλκος” 5.504, Od.3.2; “σιδήρεος” 15.329; wrapped in clouds, Il.15.192, Od.5.303; above the aether, Il.2.458, 17.425, 19.351, cf. Sch.Il.3.3; even Emp. continued to regard it as solid (στερέμνιον), Placit.2.11.2 (Vorsokr. ip.209); defined as αἰθέρος τὸ ἔσχατον by Zeno Stoic.1.33, cf. Ar.Nu.95 sqq.; ἠέλιος δὲ οὐρανοῦ ἐξαπόλωλε, of an eclipse, Od.20.357, cf. S.Aj.845; “ἐν δὲ τὰ τείρεα πάντα, τά τ᾽ οὐρανὸς ἐστεφάνωται” Il.18.485; “Ἕσπερος, ὃς κάλλιστος ἐν οὐρανῷ ἵσταται ἀστήρ” 22.318; “οὐρανὸς ἀστερόεις” 6.108,al.
2. heaven, as the seat of the gods, outside or above this skyey vault, the portion of Zeus (v. Ὄλυμπος), 15.192, cf.Od.1.67, etc.; “οὐ. Οὔλυμπός τε” Il.1.497, 8.394; Οὔλυμ πός τε καὶ οὐ. 19.128; πύλαι οὐρανοῦ Heaven-gate, i. e. a thick cloud, which the Ὧραι lifted and put down like a trap-door, 5.749, 8.393; so, later, οἱ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ the gods of heaven, A.Pr.897 (lyr.); οἱ ἐν οὐρανῷ θεοί (viz. Sun, etc.) Pl.R.508a; “εὔχετο, χεῖρ᾽ ὀρέγων εἰς οὐ. ἀστερόεντα” Il.15.371, Od.9.527; νὴ τὸν οὐ. Ar.Pl.267, 366.
3. in common language, sky, “οὐδέ τις ἄλλη φαίνετο γαιάων, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ. ἠδὲ θάλασσα” Od.14.302; “σέλας δ᾽ εἰς οὐ. ἵκῃ” Il.8.509; κλέος οὐρανὸν ἵκει, κλέος οὐ. εὐρὺν ἱκάνει, renown reaches to heaven, ib.192, Od.19.108; so ὀρυμαγδός, κνίση, σκόπελος οὐρανὸν ἷκεν or ἱκάνει, Il.17.425, 1.317, Od.12.73 (cf. “οὐράνιος” 11, οὐρανομήκης): metaph., ὕβρις τε βίη τε σιδήρεον οὐ. ἵκει deeds of violence 'cry to heaven', 15.329, 17.565; “γῇ τε κοὐρανῷ λέξαι . . τύχας” E.Med.57, cf. Philem.79.1; πρὸς οὐρανὸν βιβάζειν τι to exalt to heaven, SOC381; πρὸς τὸν οὐ. ἥλλοντο leaped up on high, X.Cyr.1.4.11; “πρὸς τὸν οὐ. βλέπειν” Id.Oec.19.9.
4. in Philos., the heavens, universe, Pl.Plt.269d, Ti.32b, Arist.Cael.278b21, Metaph.990a20, al.: pl. in VT, οἱ οὐρανοί the heavens, LXX Ps.96(97).6, 148.4,al.
5. a region of heaven, climate, Hdt.1.142.
6. Pythag. name of 10, Theol.Ar. 59.
II. anything shaped like the vault of heaven, as,
1. vaulted roof or ceiling, Hsch.
3. lid, Matro Conv.12.
4. tent, pavilion, Them.Or.13.166b.
III. pr. n., Uranos, son of Erebos and Gaia, Hes. Th.127sq.; but husband of Gaia, parent of Cronos and the Titans (cf. Οὐρανίδης), ib.106, h.Hom. 30.17, cf. A.Pr.207. (Acc. to Arist.Mu.400a7, from ὅρος and ἄνω, cf. Pl.Cra.396c. This must be wrong, but the true etym. is doubtful.)
