δωρίς

See also: Δωρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῶρον (dôron, “gift, present”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

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/

Noun

δωρῐ́ς • (dōrĭ́s) f (genitive δωρῐ́δος); third declension

1. purple viper's bugloss (Echium plantagineum)

   Synonym: ἔχιον (ékhion)

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.

References

• “Δωρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δωρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δωρίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)