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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

  • οἱ δὲ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ πρυτανηίου τοῦ Ἀθηναίων ὁρμηθέντεσ καὶ νομίζοντεσ γενναιότατοι εἶναι Ιὤνων, οὗτοι δὲ οὐ γυναῖκασ ἠγάγοντο ἐσ τὴν ἀποικίην ἀλλὰ Καείρασ ἔσχον, τῶν ἐφόνευσαν τοὺσ γονέασ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 146 3:1)

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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