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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

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

  • εἴπωμεν ἕκαστοσ ἡμῶν ἕνα λόγον, ὃσ ὑπερισχύσει. καὶ οὗ ἐὰν φανῇ τὸ ρῆμα αὐτοῦ σοφώτερον τοῦ ἑτέρου, δώσει αὐτῷ Δαρεῖοσ ὁ βασιλεὺσ δωρεὰσ μεγάλασ καὶ ἐπινίκια μεγάλα (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 3:5)
  • ποιήσασ δὲ τοῦτο καὶ τοῖσ τεμένεσι δωρεὰσ ἀπονείμασ, εὐθαρσεῖσ τοὺσ ὑποτεταγμένουσ κατέστησε. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 1:7)
  • ἀνεκλιπὴσ γὰρ θησαυρόσ ἐστιν ἀνθρώποισ, ὃν οἱ χρησάμενοι πρὸσ Θεὸν ἐστείλαντο φιλίαν διὰ τὰσ ἐκ παιδείασ δωρεὰσ συσταθέντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 7:14)
  • ἐὰν δὲ τὸ ἐνύπνιον καὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν αὐτοῦ γνωρίσητέ μοι, δόματα καὶ δωρεὰσ καὶ τιμὴν πολλὴν λήψεσθε παρ’ ἐμοῦ. πλὴν τὸ ἐνύπνιον καὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν αὐτοῦ ἀπαγγείλατέ μοι. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 2:6)
  • αἱ θεαὶ δὲ τὰσ αὐτῶν δωρεὰσ οἷσ τε ἂν ἐθέλωσι καὶ ἐφ̓ ὅσον ἂν οἰώνται καλῶσ ἔχειν, μεταδιδόασιν. (Lucian, 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. a gift

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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