μορέα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • μορέη (moréē) — Ionic

Etymology

From μόρον (móron, “black mulberry”) +‎ -έᾱ (-éā).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μορέᾱ • (moréā) f (genitive μορέᾱς); first declension

  1. mulberry tree
    • 200 BCE – 100 BCE, Nicander, Alexipharmaca 69–71:
      ἄλλοτε καὶ μορέης ἀπὸ ῥίζεα φοινηέσσης
      ὅλμου ἐνὶ στύπεϊ προβαλὼν καὶ ὁμήρεα κόψας
      οἴνῳ, ἐνεψηθέντα πόροις καμάτοισι μελίσσης[.]
      állote kaì moréēs apò rhízea phoinēéssēs
      hólmou enì stúpeï probalṑn kaì homḗrea kópsas
      oínōi, enepsēthénta pórois kamátoisi melíssēs[.]
      And at other times, the roots of the blood-red mulberry-tree,
      having thrown them into the hollow of a mortar and having ground them up mingled
      with wine, you should offer boiled in the labours of the bee.

Inflection
First declension of ἡ μορέᾱ; τῆς μορέᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μορέᾱ
hē moréā		 τὼ μορέᾱ
tṑ moréā		 αἱ μορέαι
hai moréai
Genitive τῆς μορέᾱς
tês moréās		 τοῖν μορέαιν
toîn moréain		 τῶν μορεῶν
tôn moreôn
Dative τῇ μορέᾳ
têi moréāi		 τοῖν μορέαιν
toîn moréain		 ταῖς μορέαις
taîs moréais
Accusative τὴν μορέᾱν
tḕn moréān		 τὼ μορέᾱ
tṑ moréā		 τᾱ̀ς μορέᾱς
tā̀s moréās
Vocative μορέᾱ
moréā		 μορέᾱ
moréā		 μορέαι
moréai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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