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δωρεᾱ́

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δωρεᾱ́

Structure: δωρε (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. a gift, a present, and especially bounty
  2. an estate granted by a king, a fief

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δωρεᾱ́ δωρεᾱ́ δωρεαί
Genitive δωρεᾶς δωρεαῖν δωρεῶν
Dative δωρεᾷ δωρεαῖν δωρεαῖς
Accusative δωρεᾱ́ν δωρεᾱ́ δωρεᾱ́ς
Vocative δωρεᾱ́ δωρεᾱ́ δωρεαί

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

  • Εἶπε δὲ Λάβαν τῷ Ἰακώβ. ὅτι γὰρ ἀδελφόσ μου εἶ, οὐ δουλεύσεισ μοι δωρεάν. ἀπάγγειλόν μοι, τίσ ὁ μισθόσ σου ἐστί̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 29:15)
  • ἐὰν κτήσῃ παῖδα Ἑβραῖον, ἓξ ἔτη δουλεύσει σοι. τῷ δὲ ἑβδόμῳ ἔτει ἀπελεύσεται ἐλεύθεροσ δωρεάν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 21:2)
  • ἐὰν δὲ τὰ τρία ταῦτα μὴ ποιήσῃ αὐτῇ, ἐξελεύσεται δωρεὰν ἄνευ ἀργυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 21:11)
  • ἐμνήσθημεν τοὺσ ἰχθύασ, οὓσ ἠσθίομεν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ δωρεάν, καὶ τοὺσ σικύουσ καὶ τοὺσ πέπονασ καὶ τὰ πράσα καὶ τὰ κρόμμυα καὶ τὰ σκόρδα. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 11:5)
  • καὶ ἔθετο τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν ἀλλόφυλον, καὶ ἐποίησε Κύριοσ σωτηρίαν μεγάλην, καὶ πᾶσ Ἰσραὴλ εἶδον καὶ ἐχάρησαν. καὶ ἱνατί ἁμαρτάνεισ εἰσ αἷμα ἀθῷον θανατῶσαι τὸν Δαυὶδ δωρεάν̣ (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 19:5)

Synonyms

  1. a gift

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