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Ancient Greek
Etymology
οὐρανός (ouranós) + -θεν (-then)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uː.ra.nó.tʰen/ → /u.raˈno.θen/ → /u.raˈno.θen/
Adverb
οὐρανόθεν • (ouranóthen)
- from heaven
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Odyssey 5.291–294:
- ὣς εἰπὼν σύναγεν νεφέλας, ἐτάραξε δὲ πόντον
χερσὶ τρίαιναν ἑλών: πάσας δ’ ὀρόθυνεν ἀέλλας
παντοίων ἀνέμων, σὺν δὲ νεφέεσσι κάλυψε
γαῖαν ὁμοῦ καὶ πόντον: ὀρώρει δ’ οὐρανόθεν νύξ.- hṑs eipṑn súnagen nephélas, etáraxe dè pónton
khersì tríainan helṓn: pásas d’ oróthunen aéllas
pantoíōn anémōn, sùn dè nephéessi kálupse
gaîan homoû kaì pónton: orṓrei d’ ouranóthen núx. - So saying he gathered clouds, and shook the seas
grabbing the trident in his hands; and all the tempests he arose
and all the winds of every kind, with clouds he covered
land and sea; the night had fallen from the skies.
Further reading
- “οὐρανόθεν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- οὐρανόθεν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “οὐρανόθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press