ὥρα

See also Ὥρα, ώρα, and ὤρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yōr-ā, the suffixed o-grade of *yēr, "year, season".

Alternative forms

• ὥρη (Ionic)

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [hɔː́raː]
• (Koine): IPA: [hˈo̞ːraː]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [ˈora]

Noun

ὥρα (genitive ὥρας) f, first declension; (hōrā)

1. any defined period of time
2. season
3. (in 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 ὥρᾱ, ὥρᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὥρᾱ	τώ ὥρᾱ	αἱ ὧραι
Genitive	τῆς ὥρᾱς	τοῖν ὥραιν	τῶν ὡρῶν
Dative	τῇ ὥρᾳ	τοῖν ὥραιν	ταῖς ὥραις
Accusative	τήν ὥρᾱν	τώ ὥρᾱ	τάς ὥρᾱς
Vocative	ὥρᾱ	ὥρᾱ	ὧραι

Descendants

• Greek: ώρα

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G5610