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 • (Dōrĭ́s) 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 | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | Δωρῐ́ς Dōrĭ́s |
Δωρῐ́δε Dōrĭ́de |
Δωρῐ́δες Dōrĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | Δωρῐ́δος Dōrĭ́dos |
Δωρῐ́δοιν Dōrĭ́doin |
Δωρῐ́δων Dōrĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | Δωρῐ́δῐ Dōrĭ́dĭ |
Δωρῐ́δοιν Dōrĭ́doin |
Δωρῐ́σῐ / Δωρῐ́σῐν Dōrĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | Δωρῐ́δᾰ Dōrĭ́dă |
Δωρῐ́δε Dōrĭ́de |
Δωρῐ́δᾰς Dōrĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Δωρῐ́ς Dōrĭ́s |
Δωρῐ́δε Dōrĭ́de |
Δωρῐ́δες Dōrĭ́des | ||||||||||
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Noun
Δωρῐ́ς • (Dōrĭ́s) f (genitive Δωρῐ́δος); third declension
- a female Dorian
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Δωρῐ́ς hē Dōrĭ́s |
τὼ Δωρῐ́δε tṑ Dōrĭ́de |
αἱ Δωρῐ́δες hai Dōrĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Δωρῐ́δος tês Dōrĭ́dos |
τοῖν Δωρῐ́δοιν toîn Dōrĭ́doin |
τῶν Δωρῐ́δων tôn Dōrĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Δωρῐ́δῐ tēî Dōrĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν Δωρῐ́δοιν toîn Dōrĭ́doin |
ταῖς Δωρῐ́σῐ / Δωρῐ́σῐν taîs Dōrĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Δωρῐ́δᾰ tḕn Dōrĭ́dă |
τὼ Δωρῐ́δε tṑ Dōrĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς Δωρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s Dōrĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Δωρῐ́ς Dōrĭ́s |
Δωρῐ́δε Dōrĭ́de |
Δωρῐ́δες Dōrĭ́des | ||||||||||
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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 (2006–2025)
- “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