δωρεᾱ́
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
δωρεᾱ́
Structure:
δωρε
(Stem)
+
ᾱ
(Ending)
Sense
- a gift, a present, and especially bounty
- an estate granted by a king, a fief
Declension
First declension
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.
- πόσαι δωρεαὶ ; (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 22:5)
- οὐδὲ γὰρ αἱ δωρεαὶ κατεπράυνον αὐτόν, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ τὸν Ἆπιν ἐν ἀφθόνοισ διαιτώμενον καὶ τρυφᾶν δοκοῦντα τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν βίου καὶ δρόμων ἀφέτων καὶ σκιρτήσεων ἵμεροσ ἔχει, καὶ δῆλόσ ἐστι δυσανασχετῶν τὴν ἐν ταῖσ χερσὶ τῶν ἱερέων διατριβήν, οὕτωσ ἐκεῖνον οὐδὲν ἤρεσκε τῶν μαλθακῶν, ἀλλὰ φθινύθεσκε φίλον κῆρ, ὥσπερ Ἀχιλλεύσ, αὖθι μένων, ποθέεσκε δ’ ἀυτήν τε πτόλεμόν τε. (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 34 3:1)
- αὗται μάλιστα Ῥωμαίουσ ἠνίασαν αἱ δωρεαί. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 36 2:3)
- ταῦτα δ’ ἐστὶν τὰ μὲν καθ’ ὑπερβολὴν ἀρετῆσ καὶ κακίασ, ἐφ’ οἷσ ὀνείδη καὶ ἔπαινοι καὶ ἀτιμίαι, καὶ τιμαὶ καὶ δωρεαί οἱο͂ν τὸ χάριν ἔχειν τῷ ποιήσαντι εὖ καὶ ἀντευποιεῖν τὸν εὖ ποιήσαντα, καὶ βοηθητικὸν εἶναι τοῖσ φίλοισ, καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα τοιαῦτα, τὰ δὲ τοῦ ἰδίου νόμου καὶ γεγραμμένου ἔλλειμμα. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 13 12:1)
- εἰ δ’ ἔσονται τῶν πολέμων αἱ μὲν εὔθυναι τῶν πρέσβεων, αἱ δὲ δωρεαὶ τῶν στρατηγῶν, ἀσπόνδουσ καὶ ἀκηρύκτουσ τοὺσ πολέμουσ ποιήσετε· (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 803)
