δωρεά
See also: δωρεᾷ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- δωρεή (dōreḗ) – Ionic
- δωρειά (dōreiá) – Attic
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dɔː.re.ǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /do.reˈa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðo.reˈa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðo.reˈa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðo.reˈa/
Noun
δωρεᾱ́ • (dōreā́) f (genitive δωρεᾶς); first declension
- a gift, a present, and especially bounty
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.140
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 340
- an estate granted by a king, a fief
- PSI (Papyri Greci e Latini) 5.511.4
Declension
First declension of ἡ δωρεᾱ́; τῆς δωρεᾶς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ δωρεᾱ́ hē dōreā́ | τὼ δωρεᾱ́ tṑ dōreā́ | αἱ δωρεαί hai dōreaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς δωρεᾶς tês dōreâs | τοῖν δωρεαῖν toîn dōreaîn | τῶν δωρεῶν tôn dōreôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ δωρεᾷ têi dōreâi | τοῖν δωρεαῖν toîn dōreaîn | ταῖς δωρεαῖς taîs dōreaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν δωρεᾱ́ν tḕn dōreā́n | τὼ δωρεᾱ́ tṑ dōreā́ | τᾱ̀ς δωρεᾱ́ς tā̀s dōreā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | δωρεᾱ́ dōreā́ | δωρεᾱ́ dōreā́ | δωρεαί dōreaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δωρεαί (dōreaí)
- δωρεᾱ́ν (dōreā́n)
Descendants
- Greek: δωρεά (doreá)
- → Classical Syriac: ܕܘܪܐ (dora')
References
- “δωρεά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δωρεά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δωρεά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δωρεά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- G1431 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bequest idem, page 74.
- bounty idem, page 91.
- dole idem, page 246.
- donation idem, page 247.
- gift idem, page 359.
- grant idem, page 369.
- legacy idem, page 484.
- offering idem, page 571.
- present idem, page 636.
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek δωρεᾱ́ (dōreā́).
Noun
δωρεά • (doreá) f (plural δωρεές)
- donation, gift
- (law) endowment
Declension
declension of δωρεά
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | δωρεά • | δωρεές • |
genitive | δωρεάς • | δωρεών • |
accusative | δωρεά • | δωρεές • |
vocative | δωρεά • | δωρεές • |
Derived terms
- δωρεάν (doreán, “for free”)
Related terms
- see: δωρίζω (dorízo, “to give”)
Further reading
δωρεά on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el