οὐρανόθεν

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 6 March 2019

Etymology

οὐρανός (ouranós) +‎ -θεν (-then)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oː.ra.nó.tʰen/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /u.raˈno.tʰɛn/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /u.raˈno.θen/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /u.raˈno.θen/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /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

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