δορά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δέρω (dérō, “to skin, to flay”) +‎ -ᾱ (-ā, “nominal suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δορᾱ́ • (dorā́) f (genitive δορᾶς); first declension

  1. Skin when taken off, hide.
    • 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, Collected Works 5.124
    • c. 440 BCE, Euripides, Rhesus 208-209:
      λύκειον ἀμφὶ νῶτʼ ἐνάψομαι δορὰν
      καὶ χάσμα θηρὸς ἀμφʼ ἐμῷ θήσω κάρᾳ
      lúkeion amphì nôt enápsomai doràn
      kaì khásma thēròs amph emōî thḗsō kárāi
      I will fasten a wolf-skin about my back, and over my head put the brute's gaping jaws
    1. (rare) Skin on the living body.
  2. Flaying.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δορᾱ́; τῆς δορᾶς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ δορᾱ́
hē dorā́ 		τὼ δορᾱ́
tṑ dorā́ 		αἱ δοραί
hai doraí
Genitive τῆς δορᾶς
tês dorâs 		τοῖν δοραῖν
toîn doraîn 		τῶν δορῶν
tôn dorôn
Dative τῇ δορᾷ
tēî dorāî 		τοῖν δοραῖν
toîn doraîn 		ταῖς δοραῖς
taîs doraîs
Accusative τὴν δορᾱ́ν
tḕn dorā́n 		τὼ δορᾱ́
tṑ dorā́ 		τᾱ̀ς δορᾱ́ς
tā̀s dorā́s
Vocative δορᾱ́
dorā́ 		δορᾱ́
dorā́ 		δοραί
doraí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • ⇒ Translingual: Chromadorea
  • ⇒ English: doraphobia

References

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