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μόρᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μόρᾱ μόρᾱς

Structure: μορ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: mei/romai

Sense

  1. mora (a division of the Spartan army, varying in strength, at first six in number)
  2. 362–354 BC, Xenophon, Ἑλληνικά in Xenophontis Opera Omnia, volume I (1900), Ἑλληνικῶν Β, chapter iv, § 31:

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

  • ἢν δέ ποτε μάχην οἰώνται ἔσεσθαι, λαβὼν τὸ ἄγημα τῆσ πρώτησ μόρασ ὁ βασιλεὺσ ἄγει στρέψασ ἐπὶ δόρυ, ἔστ’ ἂν γένηται ἐν μέσῳ δυοῖν μόραιν καὶ δυοῖν πολεμάρχοιν. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 13 7:2)
  • ἐκ δὲ τούτου φρουρὰν μὲν ἔφαινον οἱ ἔφοροι ταῖν ὑπολοίποιν μόραιν μέχρι τῶν τετταράκοντα ἀφ’ ἥβησ· (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 4 20:1)

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