φορά

See also: φόρα

Ancient Greek

From φέρω (phérō, “to bring, bear, carry”) +‎ -η (-ē).

φορά • (phorá) f (genitive φορᾶς); first declension

an act
(from the active voice)
1. carrying
  1. gestation
2. bringing in of money, payment
3. bringing forth, productiveness
(from the passive voice)
1. being borne or carried along, motion
2. rapid motion, rush
3. (of persons) impulse; tendency; line of thought or action
4. time, occasion
(as a thing) that which is borne
1. load, freight, burden
2. rent, tribute
3. that which is brought forth, fruit, produce, crop

First declension of ἡ φορᾱ́; τῆς φορᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φορᾱ́ hē phorā́	τὼ φορᾱ́ tṑ phorā́	αἱ φοραί hai phoraí
Genitive	τῆς φορᾶς tês phorâs	τοῖν φοραῖν toîn phoraîn	τῶν φορῶν tôn phorôn
Dative	τῇ φορᾷ têi phorâi	τοῖν φοραῖν toîn phoraîn	ταῖς φοραῖς taîs phoraîs
Accusative	τὴν φορᾱ́ν tḕn phorā́n	τὼ φορᾱ́ tṑ phorā́	τᾱ̀ς φορᾱ́ς tā̀s phorā́s
Vocative	φορᾱ́ phorā́	φορᾱ́ phorā́	φοραί phoraí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

Inherited from Ancient Greek φορά (phorá).

φορά • (forá) f (plural φορές)

time (instance or occurrence)
την πρώτη φορά ― tin próti forá ― the first time
(mathematics) times
πέντε φορές ― pénte forés ― five times
speed, impetus

declension of φορά