Δωρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Δῶρος (Dôros, “Dorus”); masculine of Δωριεύς (Dōrieús, “Dorian”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɔː.rís/ → /ðoˈris/ → /ðoˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɔː.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /doˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðoˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðoˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðoˈris/

Proper noun

Δωρῐ́ς • (Dōrís) f (genitive Δωρῐ́δος); third declension

1. Doris, an Oceanid nymph in Greek mythology
2. Doris, one of the Nereid daughters of the Oceanic nymph of the same name
3. the lands inhabited by the ancient Dorians
4. a region of central Greece inhabited chiefly by the Dorians
5. a region of southwest Anatolia colonized by Dorians in ancient times

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Δωρῐ́ς; τῆς Δωρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Δωρῐ́ς hē Dōrís
Genitive	τῆς Δωρῐ́δος tês Dōrídos
Dative	τῇ Δωρῐ́δῐ têi Dōrídi
Accusative	τὴν Δωρῐ́δᾰ tḕn Dōrída
Vocative	Δωρῐ́ς Dōrís
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Noun

Δωρῐ́ς • (Dōrís) f (genitive Δωρῐ́δος); third declension

1. a female Dorian

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Δωρῐ́ς; τῆς Δωρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Δωρῐ́ς hē Dōrís	τὼ Δωρῐ́δε tṑ Dōríde	αἱ Δωρῐ́δες hai Dōrídes
Genitive	τῆς Δωρῐ́δος tês Dōrídos	τοῖν Δωρῐ́δοιν toîn Dōrídoin	τῶν Δωρῐ́δων tôn Dōrídōn
Dative	τῇ Δωρῐ́δῐ têi Dōrídi	τοῖν Δωρῐ́δοιν toîn Dōrídoin	ταῖς Δωρῐ́σῐ / Δωρῐ́σῐν taîs Dōrísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν Δωρῐ́δᾰ tḕn Dōrída	τὼ Δωρῐ́δε tṑ Dōríde	τᾱ̀ς Δωρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s Dōrídas
Vocative	Δωρῐ́ς Dōrís	Δωρῐ́δε Dōríde	Δωρῐ́δες Dōrídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Related terms

• Δῶρος (Dôros)
• Δωρικός (Dōrikós)
• Δωριεύς (Dōrieús)
• Δωριῆς (Dōriês)
• Δωριστί (Dōristí)

Descendants

• Greek: Δωρίς (Dorís); Δωρίδα (Dorída)
• Latin: Dōris

References

• “Δωρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Δωρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Δωρίς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Δωρίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Δωρίς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009