ὥρα

See also: Ὥρα, ώρα, and ὤρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ὥρᾱ • (hṓrā) f (genitive ὥρᾱς); first declension

  1. any defined period of time
  2. season
  3. (in the plural) climate
  4. year
  5. time of day
  6. hour
  7. some specific time: right time, time for something
  8. time of life: youth

Inflection
First declension of ἡ ὥρᾱ; τῆς ὥρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὥρᾱ
hē hṓrā		 τὼ ὥρᾱ
tṑ hṓrā		 αἱ ὧραι
hai hôrai
Genitive τῆς ὥρᾱς
tês hṓrās		 τοῖν ὥραιν
toîn hṓrain		 τῶν ὡρῶν
tôn hōrôn
Dative τῇ ὥρᾳ
têi hṓrāi		 τοῖν ὥραιν
toîn hṓrain		 ταῖς ὥραις
taîs hṓrais
Accusative τὴν ὥρᾱν
tḕn hṓrān		 τὼ ὥρᾱ
tṑ hṓrā		 τᾱ̀ς ὥρᾱς
tā̀s hṓrās
Vocative ὥρᾱ
hṓrā		 ὥρᾱ
hṓrā		 ὧραι
hôrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ὡρολογέω (hōrologéō)
  • ὡροσκοπέω (hōroskopéō)

Descendants
  • Greek: ώρα (óra)
  • Pontic Greek: ώρα (óra)
  • Tsakonian: ούρα (oúra)
  • → Latin: hōra (see there for further descendants)
  • → Sanskrit: होरा (horā) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
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