ὀπώρα

See also: ὀπώρᾳ

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 20 July 2015

Alternative forms

  • ὀπώρη (opṓrē) — Ionic
  • ὀπάρα (opára)
  • ὁπώρα (hopṓra)

Etymology

Seems to be a contraction of an original *ὀποσάρα (*oposára), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“on, at”) (whence ἐπῐ́ (epĭ́)) + *(s)h₁ósr̥, a variant of *(s)h₁ésō (“harvest season”), from *(s)h₁es- (“crop, harvest”); the exact formation *(s)h₁ósr̥ is found also in Old Armenian ար-ա-ց (ar-a-cʻ). Other cognates include Russian о́сень (ósenʹ), Gothic 𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌽𐍃 (asans), and Old English earnian (English earn).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὀπώρᾱ • (opṓrā) f (genitive ὀπώρᾱς); first declension

  1. the part of the year between the rising of Sirius and of Arcturus (i. e. the end of July, all August and part of September), the end of summer; later it was used for autumn
    Coordinate terms: χειμών (kheimṓn), ἔαρ (éar), θέρος (théros)
  2. fruit itself (extended from its use for the fruit-time)
  3. (figuratively) summer-bloom; i.e. the bloom of youth

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὀπώρᾱ; τῆς ὀπώρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὀπώρᾱ
hē opṓrā 		τὼ ὀπώρᾱ
tṑ opṓrā 		αἱ ὀπῶραι
hai opôrai
Genitive τῆς ὀπώρᾱς
tês opṓrās 		τοῖν ὀπώραιν
toîn opṓrain 		τῶν ὀπωρῶν
tôn opōrôn
Dative τῇ ὀπώρᾳ
tēî opṓrāi 		τοῖν ὀπώραιν
toîn opṓrain 		ταῖς ὀπώραις
taîs opṓrais
Accusative τὴν ὀπώρᾱν
tḕn opṓrān 		τὼ ὀπώρᾱ
tṑ opṓrā 		τᾱ̀ς ὀπώρᾱς
tā̀s opṓrās
Vocative ὀπώρᾱ
opṓrā 		ὀπώρᾱ
opṓrā 		ὀπῶραι
opôrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὀπώρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1094-5

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