δορά
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δέρω (dérō, “to skin, to flay”) + -ᾱ (-ā, “nominal suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /do.rǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /doˈra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðoˈra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðoˈra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðoˈra/
Noun
δορᾱ́ • (dorā́) f (genitive δορᾶς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δορᾱ́ hē dorā́ |
τὼ δορᾱ́ tṑ dorā́ |
αἱ δοραί hai doraí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δορᾶς tês dorâs |
τοῖν δοραῖν toîn doraîn |
τῶν δορῶν tôn dorôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δορᾷ têi dorâi |
τοῖν δοραῖν toîn doraîn |
ταῖς δοραῖς taîs doraîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δορᾱ́ν tḕn dorā́n |
τὼ δορᾱ́ tṑ dorā́ |
τᾱ̀ς δορᾱ́ς tā̀s dorā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δορᾱ́ dorā́ |
δορᾱ́ dorā́ |
δοραί doraí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- ⇒ Translingual: Chromadorea
- ⇒ English: doraphobia
References
- “δορά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press