Δωρίς

See also: δωρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

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.

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009
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