ὥρα

See also: Ὥρα, ώρα, ὤρα, ὥρᾳ, Ὥρᾳ, and ὤρᾳ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    ὥρᾱ • (hṓrā) f (genitive ὥρᾱς); first declension

    1. any defined period of time
    2. season
    3. (in the plural) climate
    4. year
    5. time of day
    6. hour
    7. some specific time: right time, time for something
    8. time of life: youth

    Inflection

    First declension of ἡ ὥρᾱ; τῆς ὥρᾱς (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ἡ ὥρᾱ
    hē hṓrā     		τὼ ὥρᾱ
    tṑ hṓrā     		αἱ ὧραι
    hai hôrai
    Genitive τῆς ὥρᾱς
    tês hṓrās     		τοῖν ὥραιν
    toîn hṓrain     		τῶν ὡρῶν
    tôn hōrôn
    Dative τῇ ὥρᾳ
    tēî hṓrāi     		τοῖν ὥραιν
    toîn hṓrain     		ταῖς ὥραις
    taîs hṓrais
    Accusative τὴν ὥρᾱν
    tḕn hṓrān     		τὼ ὥρᾱ
    tṑ hṓrā     		τᾱ̀ς ὥρᾱς
    tā̀s hṓrās
    Vocative ὥρᾱ
    hṓrā     		ὥρᾱ
    hṓrā     		ὧραι
    hôrai
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    • ὡρολογέω (hōrologéō)
    • ὡροσκοπέω (hōroskopéō)

    Descendants

    • Greek: ώρα (óra)
    • Pontic Greek: ώρα (óra)
    • Tsakonian: ούρα (oúra)
    • → Latin: hōra (see there for further descendants)
    • → Sanskrit: होरा (horā) (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὥρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1681-2

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