δωρεά

See also: δωρεᾷ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

δωρεή (dōreḗ) – Ionic
δωρειά (dōreiá) – Attic

Etymology

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɔː.re.ǎː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /do.rɛˈa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðo.reˈa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðo.reˈa/
(15^th 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
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

δωρεαί (dōreaí)
δωρεᾱ́ν (dōreā́n)

Descendants

Greek: δωρεά (doreá)

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 (2006–2019)
G1431 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
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

	singular	plural
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”)

δωρεά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Greek

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

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