ὥρα

See also Ὥρα, ώρα, and ὤρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yōr-ā, the suffixed o-grade of *yēr, *yeh₁r- "year, season".

Alternative forms

• ὥρη (Ionic)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hɔ͜ɔ́ra͜a/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /hóːraː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /óra/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /óra/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /óɾa/

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	τὼ ὥρᾱ	αἱ ὧραι
Genitive	τῆς ὥρᾱς	τοῖν ὥραιν	τῶν ὡρῶν
Dative	τῇ ὥρᾳ	τοῖν ὥραιν	ταῖς ὥραις
Accusative	τὴν ὥρᾱν	τὼ ὥρᾱ	τὰς ὥρᾱς
Vocative	ὥρᾱ	ὥρᾱ	ὧραι

Descendants

• Greek: ώρα
• Latin: hōrā

References

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