ὤρα

See also: ώρα, ὥρα, and Ὥρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ὤρη (ṓrē) Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *worā, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to note, sense).

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Noun

ὤρᾱ • (ṓrā) f (genitive ὤρᾱς); first declension

  1. care, concern
    • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 385–386:
      Ἤδη γὰρ ἔσχες ἐλπίδ’ ὡς ἐμοῦ θεούς / ὤραν τιν’ ἔξειν, (...)
      Ḗdē gàr éskhes elpíd’ hōs emoû theoús / ṓran tin’ éxein, (...)
      Have you even now got hope that for me the gods / will have any concern, (...)

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