Ὥρα

See also: ώρα, ὤρα, and ὥρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὥρᾱ (hṓrā, “hour”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɔ̌ː.raː/ → /ˈo.ra/ → /ˈo.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɔ̌ː.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)o.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/

Proper noun

Ὥρᾱ • (Hṓrā) f (genitive Ὥρᾱς); first declension

1. one of the Horae or Hours in Greek mythology; a Hora or Hour

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ὥρᾱ; τῆς Ὥρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Ὥρᾱ hē Hṓrā	τὼ Ὥρᾱ tṑ Hṓrā	αἱ Ὧραι hai Hôrai
Genitive	τῆς Ὥρᾱς tês Hṓrās	τοῖν Ὥραιν toîn Hṓrain	τῶν Ὡρῶν tôn Hōrôn
Dative	τῇ Ὥρᾳ têi Hṓrāi	τοῖν Ὥραιν toîn Hṓrain	ταῖς Ὥραις taîs Hṓrais
Accusative	τὴν Ὥρᾱν tḕn Hṓrān	τὼ Ὥρᾱ tṑ Hṓrā	τᾱ̀ς Ὥρᾱς tā̀s Hṓrās
Vocative	Ὥρᾱ Hṓrā	Ὥρᾱ Hṓrā	Ὧραι Hôrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Hour, Hora
• French: Heure
• Greek: Ώρα (Óra)
• Italian: Ora
• Latin: Hōra
• Portuguese: Hora
• Spanish: Hora

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
• Ὥρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette