Δωρίς

See also: δωρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Δῶρος (Dôros, “Dorus”); masculine of Δωριεύς (Dōrieús, “Dorian”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɔː.rís/ → /ðoˈris/ → /ðoˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɔː.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /doˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðoˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðoˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðoˈris/

Proper noun

Δωρῐ́ς • (Dōrĭ́s) f (genitive Δωρῐ́δος); third declension

1. Doris, an Oceanid nymph in Greek mythology
2. Doris, one of the Nereid daughters of the Oceanic nymph of the same name
3. the lands inhabited by the ancient Dorians
4. a region of central Greece inhabited chiefly by the Dorians
5. a region of southwest Anatolia colonized by Dorians in ancient times

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Δωρῐ́ς; τῆς Δωρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Δωρῐ́ς hē Dōrĭ́s
Genitive	τῆς Δωρῐ́δος tês Dōrĭ́dos
Dative	τῇ Δωρῐ́δῐ têi Dōrĭ́dĭ
Accusative	τὴν Δωρῐ́δᾰ tḕn Dōrĭ́dă
Vocative	Δωρῐ́ς Dōrĭ́s
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Noun

Δωρῐ́ς • (Dōrĭ́s) f (genitive Δωρῐ́δος); third declension

1. a female Dorian

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Δωρῐ́ς; τῆς Δωρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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 têi 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Related terms

• Δῶρος (Dôros)
• Δωρικός (Dōrikós)
• Δωριεύς (Dōrieús)
• Δωριῆς (Dōriês)
• Δωριστί (Dōristí)

Descendants

• Greek: Δωρίς (Dorís), Δωρίδα (Dorída)
• Latin: Dōris

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009