Ὧρος

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See also: ὦρος and ὧρος

Ancient Greek

Ὧρος

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian

(ḥr, “Horus”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɔ̂ː.ros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)o.ros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ros/

Proper noun

Ὧρος • (Hôros) m (genitive Ὥρου); second declension

(Egyptian mythology) Horus (an Egyptian god)
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.156
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, De Iside 18
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, De Animae 27
- 175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, On the Nature of Animals 11.10
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Cock 18
- 36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 1.21

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Ὧρος; τοῦ Ὥρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὧρος ho Hôros
Genitive	τοῦ Ὥρου toû Hṓrou
Dative	τῷ Ὥρῳ tôi Hṓrōi
Accusative	τὸν Ὧρον tòn Hôron
Vocative	Ὧρε Hôre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ὡραπόλλων (Hōrapóllōn)
Ὡριγένης (Hōrigénēs)

Descendants

Greek: Ώρος (Óros)
→ Latin: Hōrus

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