Ὧρος

See also: ὦρος, and ὧρος

Ancient Greek

Ὧρος

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian (ḥr, “Horus”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɔ̂ː.ros/ → /ˈo.ros/ → /ˈo.ros/

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

Proper noun

Ὧρος • (Hôros) m (genitive Ὥρου); second declension

1. (Egyptian mythology) Horus (an Egyptian god)
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.156
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, De Iside 18
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, De Animae 27
   • 175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, On the Nature of Animals 11.10
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Cock 18
   • 36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 1.21

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Ὧρος; τοῦ Ὥρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὧρος ho Hôros
Genitive	τοῦ Ὥρου toû Hṓrou
Dative	τῷ Ὥρῳ tôi Hṓrōi
Accusative	τὸν Ὧρον tòn Hôron
Vocative	Ὧρε Hôre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ὡραπόλλων (Hōrapóllōn)
• Ὡριγένης (Hōrigénēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: Ώρος (Óros)
• → Latin: Hōrus