• ὠρεῖν (ὠρεύειν)

    Validation

    Yes

    Word-lemma

    LSJ

    Word-form

    οὐρανόν

    Transliteration (Word)

    ouranos

    Etymon-lemma

    LSJ

    Transliteration (Etymon)

    ōrein vel ōreuein

    Author

    Cornutus

    Century

    1 AD

    Source

    quidam

    Ref.

    De natura deorum 1.1

    Ed.

    C. Lang, Cornuti theologiae Graecae compendium, Leipzig, 1881

    Quotation

    Ὁ οὐρανός, ὦ παιδίον, περιέχει κύκλῳ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλατταν καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τὰ ἐν θαλάττῃ πάντα καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ταύτης ἔτυχε τῆς προσηγορίας, οὖρος ὢν ἄνω πάντων καὶ ὁρίζων τὴν φύσιν· ἔνιοι δέ φασιν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὠρεῖν ἢ ὠρεύειν τὰ ὄντα, ὅ ἐστι φυλάττειν, οὐρανὸν κεκλῆσθαι, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ ὁ θυρωρὸς ὠνομάσθη καὶ τὸ πολυωρεῖν· ἄλλοι δὲ αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὁρᾶσθαι ἄνω ἐτυμολογοῦσι

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