Ancient Greek

Noun

Δωριεύς • ‎(Dōrieús) m ‎(genitive Δωριῶς); third declension

1. a Dorian

Inflection

Related terms

• Δῶρος ‎(Dôros)
• Δωρικός ‎(Dōrikós)
• Δωρίς ‎(Dōrís)
• Δωριῆς ‎(Dōriês)
• Δωριστί ‎(Dōristí)

Descendants

• Greek:
  • Δωριεύς ‎(Doriéfs)
    • plural: Δωριείς ‎(Dorieís)
  • Δωριάς ‎(Doriás)
    • plural: Δωριές ‎(Doriés)

Proper noun

Δωριεύς • ‎(Dōrieús) m ‎(genitive Δωριέως); third declension

1. Dorieus, a male given name

Inflection

Descendants

• Greek: Δωριεύς ‎(Doriéfs); Δωριέας ‎(Doriéas)
• Latin: Dorieus

Usage notes

The noun and proper noun inflect in slightly different ways. The noun that means Dorian inflects in the contracted vowel-ευς manner, while the proper noun that means the name Dorieus inflects in the uncontracted ευς manner.

References

• Δωριεύς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Δωριεύς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «Δωριεύς» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• Δωριεύς in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009