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Κάειρα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Κάειρα

Structure: Καειρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: fem. from Ka/r,

Sense

  1. a Carian woman
  2. Carian

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Κάειρα Καείρᾱ Κάειραι
Genitive Καείρᾱς Καείραιν Καειρῶν
Dative Καείρᾱͅ Καείραιν Καείραις
Accusative Καείρᾱν Καείρᾱ Καείρᾱς
Vocative Καείρᾱ Καείρᾱ Κάειραι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὡσ δ’ ὅτε τίσ τ’ ἐλέφαντα γυνὴ φοίνικι μιήνῃ Μῃονὶσ ἠὲ Κάειρα παρήϊον ἔμμεναι ἵππων· (Homer, Iliad, Book 4 14:1)
  • ἔστι δὲ ἀληθέι λόγῳ χρεωμένοισι οὐκ Ιἂσ αὕτη ἡ ἐσθὴσ τὸ παλαιὸν ἀλλὰ Κάειρα, ἐπεὶ ἥ γε Ἑλληνικὴ ἐσθὴσ πᾶσα ἡ ἀρχαίη τῶν γυναικῶν ἡ αὐτὴ ἦν τὴν νῦν Δωρίδα καλέομεν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 88 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. a Carian woman

  2. Carian

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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