δορά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δέρω (dérō, “to skin, to flay”) +‎ -ᾱ (-ā, “nominal suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /do.rǎː/ → /ðoˈra/ → /ðoˈra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /do.rǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /doˈra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðoˈra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðoˈra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðoˈra/

Noun

δορᾱ́ • (dorā́) f (genitive δορᾶς); first declension

1. Skin when taken off, hide.
   • 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, Collected Works 5.124
   1. (rare) Skin on the living body.
2. Flaying.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δορᾱ́; τῆς δορᾶς (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Chromadorea
• ⇒ English: doraphobia

References

• “δορά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press