Δωροθέα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῶρον (dôron) +‎ θεά (theá). Feminine equivalent of Δωρόθεος (Dōrótheos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɔː.ro.tʰé.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /do.roˈtʰe.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðo.roˈθe.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðo.roˈθe.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðo.roˈθe.a/

Proper noun

Δωροθέᾱ • (Dōrothéā) f (genitive Δωροθέᾱς); first declension

a female given name, equivalent to English Dorothy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Δωροθέᾱ; τῆς Δωροθέᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Δωροθέᾱ hē Dōrothéā
Genitive	τῆς Δωροθέᾱς tês Dōrothéās
Dative	τῇ Δωροθέᾳ tēî Dōrothéāi
Accusative	τὴν Δωροθέᾱν tḕn Dōrothéān
Vocative	Δωροθέᾱ Dōrothéā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Czech: Dorota
→ Danish: Dorete, Dorte, Dorthe, Dorit
→ Dutch: Dorothea
→ English: Dorothea, Dorothy
→ Estonian: Dorotea
- ⇒ Estonian: Tiia
  - → Finnish: Tiia
→ Faroese: Dorotea
→ Finnish: Toroteija, Vetora, Tea, Teija, Tiia
→ French: Dorothée
→ German: Dorothea
→ Hungarian: Dorottya
→ Icelandic: Dórótea
→ Italian: Dorotea
→ Latvian: Doroteja
→ Lithuanian: Dorotėja
→ Low German: Dörte
→ Macedonian: Доротеја (Doroteja)
→ Norman: Dorothée
→ Norwegian: Dorothea, Dorit
→ Polish: Dorota
→ Portuguese: Doroteia, Dorotéia
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: Доротеја

Latin script: Doroteja, Dorotea
→ Slovene: Dorotea
→ Spanish: Dorotea
→ Swedish: Dorote, Dorotea, Dorit

Further reading

Δωροθέα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)