ἔορ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Cognates include Sanskrit स्वसृ (svásṛ), Latin soror, Old Armenian քոյր (kʻoyr), Old English sweostor (English sister).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.or/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.or/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.or/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.or/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.or/

Noun

ἔορ • (éor) f (genitive ἔορος); third declension

daughter of a cousin (a kind of female first cousin once removed)

Usage notes

There are currently no known examples of the word used in ordinary text. Rather, the word is found in Hesychius' lexicon, a collection of obscure Ancient Greek words.

Inflection

Only ἔορ (éor) and ἔορες (éores) are attested (both of which could be nominative or vocative). The rest are inferred based on standard inflection patterns.

Third declension of ἡ ἔορ; τῆς ἔορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔορ hē éor	τὼ ἔορε tṑ éore	αἱ ἔορες hai éores
Genitive	τῆς ἔορος tês éoros	τοῖν ἐόροιν toîn eóroin	τῶν ἐόρων tôn eórōn
Dative	τῇ ἔορῐ têi éori	τοῖν ἐόροιν toîn eóroin	ταῖς ἔορσῐ / ἔορσῐν taîs éorsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔορᾰ tḕn éora	τὼ ἔορε tṑ éore	τᾱ̀ς ἔορᾰς tā̀s éoras
Vocative	ἔορ éor	ἔορε éore	ἔορες éores
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“ἔορ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

ἔορ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

Inflection

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