δωρεά

See also: δωρεᾷ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δωρεή (dōreḗ) — Ionic
• δωρειά (dōreiá) — Attic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɔː.re.ǎː/ → /ðo.reˈa/ → /ðo.reˈa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɔː.re.ǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /do.reˈa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðo.reˈa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðo.reˈa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðo.reˈa/

Noun

δωρεᾱ́ • (dōreā́) f (genitive δωρεᾶς); first declension

1. a gift, a present, and especially bounty
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.140
   • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 340
2. an estate granted by a king, a fief
   • PSI (Papyri Greci e Latini) 5.511.4

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δωρεᾱ́ hē dōreā́	τὼ δωρεᾱ́ tṑ dōreā́	αἱ δωρεαί hai dōreaí
Genitive	τῆς δωρεᾶς tês dōreâs	τοῖν δωρεαῖν toîn dōreaîn	τῶν δωρεῶν tôn dōreôn
Dative	τῇ δωρεᾷ têi dōreâi	τοῖν δωρεαῖν toîn dōreaîn	ταῖς δωρεαῖς taîs dōreaîs
Accusative	τὴν δωρεᾱ́ν tḕn dōreā́n	τὼ δωρεᾱ́ tṑ dōreā́	τᾱ̀ς δωρεᾱ́ς tā̀s dōreā́s
Vocative	δωρεᾱ́ dōreā́	δωρεᾱ́ dōreā́	δωρεαί dōreaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ δωρεᾱ́; τῆς δωρεᾶς (Attic)

Derived terms

• δωρεαί (dōreaí)
• δωρεᾱ́ν (dōreā́n)

Descendants

• Greek: δωρεά (doreá)
• → Classical Syriac: ܕܘܪܐ (dora')

References

• “δωρεά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δωρεά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δωρεά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δωρεά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G1431 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bequest idem, page 74.
  • bounty idem, page 91.
  • dole idem, page 246.
  • donation idem, page 247.
  • gift idem, page 359.
  • grant idem, page 369.
  • legacy idem, page 484.
  • offering idem, page 571.
  • present idem, page 636.

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek δωρεᾱ́ (dōreā́).

Noun

δωρεά • (doreá) f (plural δωρεές)

1. donation, gift
2. (law) endowment

Declension

Declension of δωρεά

	singular	plural
nominative	δωρεά (doreá)	δωρεές (doreés)
genitive	δωρεάς (doreás)	δωρεών (doreón)
accusative	δωρεά (doreá)	δωρεές (doreés)
vocative	δωρεά (doreá)	δωρεές (doreés)

Derived terms

• δωρεάν (doreán, “for free”)

Related terms

• see: δωρίζω (dorízo, “to give”)

Further reading

• δωρεά on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el