Urania

Ūrănĭa, ae, or Ūrănĭē, ēs, f., = Οὐρανία or Οὐρανίη (the Heavenly),

• Urania, the Muse of astronomy, Cic. Div. 1, 11, 17; id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 1; Ov. F. 5, 55; Aus. Idyll. 20, 8; Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 7 and 28; Hyg. Fab. 161.—
• II The name of one of Actaeon's hounds, Hyg. Fab. 181.

Ūrania, ae, f. u. Ūraniē, ēs, f. (Οὐρανία, Οὐρανίη, die Himmlische), eine der neun Musen, und zwar die der Astronomie, Form -ia, Cic. ad Q. fr. 2, 9, 1. Mart. Cap. 1. § 28 u.a.: Urania Musa, Cic. de div. 1, 17. Hyg. fab. 161. – Form -iē, Ov. fast. 5, 55. Auson. edyll. 20, 8. p. 251, 8 Schenkl. Mart. Cap. 1. § 7 u.a.

Urania [CL < Οὐρανία], the Muse of astronomy. ~a Natura Deorum 21; ~a celestis, que est intelligentia Bern. Comm. Aen. 35.

Ūrănĭa, (16) æ, f. (Οὐρανία, Οὐρανίη), ¶ 1 Uranie [muse de lʼastronomie] Cic. Div. 1, 17 || Ūrănĭē, ēs, f. , Ov. F. 5, 55 ¶ 2 une des chiennes dʼActéon : Hyg. Fab. 161.

Ura'nia

(Οὐρανία).

1. One of the Muses, a daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne. (Hes. Theog. 78 ; Ov. Fast. 5.55.) The ancient bard Linus is called her son by Apollo (Hygin. Fab. 161), and Hymenaeus also is said to have been a son of Urania. (Catull. 61.2.) She was regarded, as her name indicates, as the Muse of Astronomy, and was represented with a celestial globe to which she points with a little staff. (Hirt, Mythol. Bilderb. p. 210.)

Ura'nia

2. A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys (Hes. Theog. 350), who also occurs as a nymph in the train of Persephone. (Hom. Hymn. in Cer. 424.)

Ura'nia

3. A surname of Aphrodite, describing her as " the heavenly," or spiritual, to distinguish her from Aphrodite Pandemos. Plato represents her as a daughter of Uranus, begotten without a mother. (Sympos. p. 180; Xenoph. Sympos. 8. § 9.) Wine was not used in the libations offered to her. (Schol. ad Soph. Oed. Col. 101 ; Hdt. 1.105; Suid. s. v. νηφάλια.) [L.S]

Ūrania ae (C.), or Ūraniē, ēs (O.), f

• , Οὐρανία, the Muse of Astronomy, Urania.

Urania

(Οὐρανία). (1) One of the Muses, a daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyné. The ancient bard Linus is called her son by Apollo, and Hymenaeus also is said to have been a son of Urania. She was regarded, as her name indicates, as the Muse of Astronomy, and was represented with a celestial globe, to which she points with a small staff.

(2) Daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, who also occurs as a nymph in the train of Persephoné.

(3) A surname of Aphrodité, describing her as “the heavenly,” or spiritual, to distinguish her from Aphrodité Pandemos. Plato represents her as a daughter of Uranus, begotten without a mother. Wine was not used in the libations offered to her. See Aphrodite.