ἄορ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wor, from *h₂wer- (whence ἀείρω (aeírō)). Alternately, from the same root as Sanskrit असि (asi) and Latin ensis.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.or/ → /ˈa.or/ → /ˈa.or/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.or/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.or/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.or/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.or/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.or/

Noun

ἄορ • (áor) n (genitive ἄορος); third declension

1. hanger or sword hung in a belt
2. any kind of weapon

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́ορ; τοῦ ᾰ̓́ορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́ορ tò ắor	τὼ ᾰ̓́ορε tṑ ắore	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ορᾰ tằ ắoră
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́ορος toû ắoros	τοῖν ᾰ̓όροιν toîn ăóroin	τῶν ᾰ̓όρων tôn ăórōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́ορῐ tôi ắorĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓όροιν toîn ăóroin	τοῖς ᾰ̓́ορσῐ / ᾰ̓́ορσῐν toîs ắorsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́ορ tò ắor	τὼ ᾰ̓́ορε tṑ ắore	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ορᾰ tằ ắoră
Vocative	ᾰ̓́ορ ắor	ᾰ̓́ορε ắore	ᾰ̓́ορᾰ ắoră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χρυσάορος (khrusáoros)

References

• “ἄορ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄορ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄορ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄορ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄορ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἄορ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter