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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

  • οὗτοσ δὲ καὶ τοὺσ ἀποθανόντασ τῶν πολεμίων πάντασ ἐκήδευσε καὶ τοὺσ ἁλόντασ Πτολεμαίῳ μετὰ χρημάτων καὶ δωρεῶν ἀπέπεμψεν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Demetrius and Antony, chapter 2 3:3)
  • μεγάλων δὲ δωρεῶν πρὸσ τῇ εὐεργεσίᾳ ταύτῃ τυχὼν παρὰ τῆσ Ποππαίασ ὑπέστρεφον ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκείαν. (Flavius Josephus, 19:2)
  • τεκμήριον δ’ ἐπιφέρουσιν, ὅτι οἱ ἐννέα ἄρχοντεσ ὀμνύουσιν ἢ <μὴν> τὰ ἐπὶ Ἀκάστου ὁρ́κια ποιήσειν, ὡσ ἐπὶ τούτου τῆσ βασιλείασ παραχωρησάντων τῶν Κοδριδῶν ἀντὶ τῶν δοθεισῶν τῷ ἄρχοντι δωρεῶν. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 3 3:3)
  • ἐκ τούτου μεταπέμπεται μὲν ἡ γυνὴ τὸν Βρέττιον καὶ γνωρίζει τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτῷ ταχὺ δὲ συμπράττων τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἐκεῖνοσ καὶ μᾶλλον ἢ πρότερον εὔνουν καὶ χειροήθη τῷ βαρβάρῳ παρέχειν δοκῶν τὴν ἀδελφήν, ἔσχε πιστῶσ, ὥστε μὴ χαλεπῶσ ἐρῶντοσ ἀνθρώπου μισθοφόρου μεταστῆσαι διάνοιαν ἐπ’ ἐλπίσι δωρεῶν μεγάλων, ἃσ ἐπηγγέλλετο παρέξειν αὐτῷ τὸν Φάβιον. (Plutarch, Fabius Maximus, chapter 21 3:1)
  • Τιμαγόραν γοῦν Ἀθηναῖοι κρίναντεσ ἀπέκτειναν, εἰ μὲν ἐπὶ τῷ πλήθει τῶν δωρεῶν, ὀρθῶσ καὶ δικαίωσ· (Plutarch, Pelopidas, chapter 30 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. a gift

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