Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δῶρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: δῶρον δώρου

Structure: δωρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: di/dwmi

Sense

  1. gift
  2. hand's width

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δῶρον δώρω δῶρα
Genitive δώρου δώροιν δώρων
Dative δώρῳ δώροιν δώροις
Accusative δῶρον δώρω δῶρα
Vocative δῶρον δώρω δῶρα

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

  • καὶ ἐξενέγκασ ὁ παῖσ σκεύη ἀργυρᾶ καὶ χρυσᾶ καὶ ἱματισμὸν ἔδωκε τῇ Ρεβέκκᾳ καὶ δῶρα ἔδωκε τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτῆσ καὶ τῇ μητρὶ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:53)
  • καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ἐκεῖ τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην. καὶ ἔλαβεν ὧν ἔφερε δῶρα καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν Ἡσαῦ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:13)
  • ἐρεῖσ. τοῦ παιδόσ σου Ἰακώβ. δῶρα ἀπέσταλκε τῷ κυρίῳ μου Ἡσαῦ, καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὸσ ὀπίσω ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:18)
  • καὶ προεπορεύετο τὰ δῶρα κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, αὐτὸσ δὲ ἐκοιμήθη τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:21)
  • εἶπε δὲ Ἰακώβ. εἰ εὗρον χάριν ἐναντίον σου, δέξαι τὰ δῶρα διὰ τῶν ἐμῶν χειρῶν. ἕνεκεν τούτου εἶδον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου, ὡσ ἄν τισ ἴδοι πρόσωπον Θεοῦ, καὶ εὐδοκήσεισ με. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 33:10)

Synonyms

  1. gift

  2. hand's width

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION