Δωρίς
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Δῶρος (Dôros, “Dorus”); masculine of Δωριεύς (Dōrieús, “Dorian”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dɔː.rís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /doˈris/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðoˈris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðoˈris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðoˈris/
Proper noun
Δωρῐ́ς • (Dōrís) f (genitive Δωρῐ́δος); third declension
- Doris, an Oceanid nymph in Greek mythology
- Doris, one of the Nereid daughters of the Oceanic nymph of the same name
- the lands inhabited by the ancient Dorians
- a region of central Greece inhabited chiefly by the Dorians
- a region of southwest Anatolia colonized by Dorians in ancient times
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Δωρῐ́ς hē Dōrís | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Δωρῐ́δος tês Dōrídos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Δωρῐ́δῐ têi Dōrídi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Δωρῐ́δᾰ tḕn Dōrída | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Δωρῐ́ς Dōrís | ||||||||||||
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Noun
Δωρῐ́ς • (Dōrís) f (genitive Δωρῐ́δος); third declension
- a female Dorian
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Δωρῐ́ς hē Dōrís |
τὼ Δωρῐ́δε tṑ Dōríde |
αἱ Δωρῐ́δες hai Dōrídes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Δωρῐ́δος tês Dōrídos |
τοῖν Δωρῐ́δοιν toîn Dōrídoin |
τῶν Δωρῐ́δων tôn Dōrídōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Δωρῐ́δῐ têi Dōrídi |
τοῖν Δωρῐ́δοιν toîn Dōrídoin |
ταῖς Δωρῐ́σῐ / Δωρῐ́σῐν taîs Dōrísi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Δωρῐ́δᾰ tḕn Dōrída |
τὼ Δωρῐ́δε tṑ Dōríde |
τᾱ̀ς Δωρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s Dōrídas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Δωρῐ́ς Dōrís |
Δωρῐ́δε Dōríde |
Δωρῐ́δες Dōrídes | ||||||||||
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Related terms
Descendants
References
- “Δωρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Δωρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Δωρίς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Δωρίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “Δωρίς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009