Θήρα

See also: θήρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛ̌ː.raː/ → /ˈθi.ra/ → /ˈθi.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɛ̌ː.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰe̝.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.ra/

Proper noun

Θήρᾱ • (Thḗrā) f (genitive Θήρᾱς); first declension

1. Thira, Santorini (an island in the Cyclades, Greece)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Θήρᾱ; τῆς Θήρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Θήρᾱ hē Thḗrā
Genitive	τῆς Θήρᾱς tês Thḗrās
Dative	τῇ Θήρᾳ têi Thḗrāi
Accusative	τὴν Θήρᾱν tḕn Thḗrān
Vocative	Θήρᾱ Thḗrā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Θήρα (Thíra)
• → Latin: Thēra
  • → English: Thera

References

• “Θήρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Θήρα”, 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 1,027

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θήρᾱ (Thḗrā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiɾa/
• Hyphenation: Θή‧ρα

Proper noun

Θήρα • (Thíra) f

1. Thira, Santorini (an island in the Cyclades, Greece)

   Synonym: Σαντορίνη (Santoríni)

Declension

  Θήρα

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Θήρα •
genitive	Θήρας •
accusative	Θήρα •
vocative	Θήρα •

Derived terms

• Θηραίος m (Thiraíos, “male from Thira”)
• Θηραία f (Thiraía, “female from Thira”)
• θηραϊκός (thiraïkós, adjective)