ὥρᾱ
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ὥρᾱ
ὥρας
Structure:
ὡρ
(Stem)
+
ᾱ
(Ending)
Sense
- any defined period of time
- season
- (in plural): climate
- year
- time of day
- hour
- some specific time: right time, time for something
- time of life: youth
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.
- καὶ φυλάξασθε τὸν νόμον τοῦτον κατὰ καιροὺσ ὡρῶν, ἀφ̓ ἡμερῶν εἰσ ἡμέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 13:10)
- καὶ τῷ Ἰωσὴφ εἶπεν. ἀπ̓ εὐλογίασ Κυρίου ἡ γῆ αὐτοῦ, ἀπὸ ὡρῶν οὐρανοῦ καὶ δρόσου καὶ ἀπὸ ἀβύσσων πηγῶν κάτωθεν (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 33:13)
- προσέτι τῇ ἄλλῃ περινοίᾳ κεκοσμημένον, ἀφόδων μὲν ἀναγκαίων δυσὶν ἀναχωρήσεσιν, ἐξόδοισ δὲ πολλαῖσ τεθυρωμένον, ὡρῶν δὲ διττὰσ δηλώσεισ, τὴν μὲν δι’ ὕδατοσ καὶ μυκήματοσ, τὴν δὲ δι’ ἡλίου ἐπιδεικνύμενον. (Lucian, (no name) 8:4)
- ἄγε νυν ἡμεῖσ παίσωμεν ἅπερ νόμοσ ἐνθάδε ταῖσι γυναιξίν, ὅταν ὄργια σεμνὰ θεοῖν ἱεραῖσ ὡρ́αισ ἀνέχωμεν, ἅπερ καὶ Παύσων σέβεται καὶ νηστεύει, πολλάκισ αὐτοῖν ἐκ τῶν ὡρῶν ἐσ τὰσ ὡρ́ασ ξυνεπευχόμενοσ τοιαῦτα μέλειν θάμ’ ἑαυτῷ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, anapests1)
- καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἱδρύσασθαι βωμὸν ὀρθοῦ Διονύσου ἐν τῷ τῶν ̔ Ὡρῶν ἱερῷ αὗται γάρ καὶ τὸν τῆσ ἀμπέλου καρπὸν ἐκτρέφουσι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 73)
Synonyms
-
any defined period of time
- ὤρα (care, concern, heed)