ἔορ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Cognates include Sanskrit स्वसृ (svásṛ), Latin soror, Old Armenian քոյր (kʿoyr), Old English sweostor (English sister).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.or/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.or/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.or/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.or/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.or/

Noun

ἔορ • (éor) f (genitive —); third declension

daughter of a cousin (a kind of female first cousin once removed)

Usage notes

There are currently no known examples of the word used in ordinary text. Rather, the word is found in Hesychius' lexicon, a collection of obscure Ancient Greek words.

Inflection

Only ἔορ (éor) and ἔορες (éores) are attested (both of which could be nominative or vocative). The rest are inferred based on standard inflection patterns.

Third declension of ὁ ἔορ; τοῦ ἔορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔορ ho éor	τὼ ἔορε tṑ éore	οἱ ἔορες hoi éores
Genitive	τοῦ ἔορος toû éoros	τοῖν ἐόροιν toîn eóroin	τῶν ἐόρων tôn eórōn
Dative	τῷ ἔορῐ tôi éori	τοῖν ἐόροιν toîn eóroin	τοῖς ἔορσῐ / ἔορσῐν toîs éorsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἔορᾰ tòn éora	τὼ ἔορε tṑ éore	τοὺς ἔορᾰς toùs éoras
Vocative	ἔορ éor	ἔορε éore	ἔορες éores
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

ἔορ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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ἔορ