ἄορ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wor, from *h₂wer- (whence ἀείρω (aeírō)). Alternately, from the same root as Sanskrit असि (asi) and Latin ensis.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.or/ → /ˈa.or/ → /ˈa.or/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.or/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.or/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.or/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.or/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.or/

Noun

ἄορ • (áor) n (genitive ἄορος); third declension

1. hanger or sword hung in a belt
2. any kind of weapon

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́ορ; τοῦ ᾰ̓́ορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́ορ tò áor	τὼ ᾰ̓́ορε tṑ áore	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ορᾰ tà áora
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́ορος toû áoros	τοῖν ᾰ̓όροιν toîn aóroin	τῶν ᾰ̓όρων tôn aórōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́ορῐ tôi áori	τοῖν ᾰ̓όροιν toîn aóroin	τοῖς ᾰ̓́ορσῐ / ᾰ̓́ορσῐν toîs áorsi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́ορ tò áor	τὼ ᾰ̓́ορε tṑ áore	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ορᾰ tà áora
Vocative	ᾰ̓́ορ áor	ᾰ̓́ορε áore	ᾰ̓́ορᾰ áora
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χρυσάορος (khrusáoros)

References

• “ἄορ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄορ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄορ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄορ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄορ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἄορ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter