δῶρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *dṓron, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom (“gift”). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀈𐀨 (do-ra), Old Armenian տուր (tur), Old Church Slavonic даръ (darŭ), and Albanian dhunti.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δῶρον • (dôron) n (genitive δώρου); second declension

  1. gift
  2. hand's width

Declension

Second declension of τὸ δῶρον; τοῦ δώρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ δῶρον
tò dôron 		τὼ δώρω
tṑ dṓrō 		τᾰ̀ δῶρᾰ
tằ dôră
Genitive τοῦ δώρου
toû dṓrou 		τοῖν δώροιν
toîn dṓroin 		τῶν δώρων
tôn dṓrōn
Dative τῷ δώρῳ
tōî dṓrōi 		τοῖν δώροιν
toîn dṓroin 		τοῖς δώροις
toîs dṓrois
Accusative τὸ δῶρον
tò dôron 		τὼ δώρω
tṑ dṓrō 		τᾰ̀ δῶρᾰ
tằ dôră
Vocative δῶρον
dôron 		δώρω
dṓrō 		δῶρᾰ
dôră
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: δώρο (dóro)
  • → Hebrew: דּוֹרוֹן (dorón)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δῶρον 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δῶρον 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363

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