proper noun
Ūrănĭa
Meaning
- Urania
Ūrănĭa, ae, or Ūrănĭē, ēs, f., = Οὐρανία or Οὐρανίη (the Heavenly),
I. 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 Actœon's hounds, Hyg. Fab. 181.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Ūrania ae (C.), or Ūraniē, ēs (O.), f
, Οὐρανία, the Muse of Astronomy, Urania.