Δωροθέα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῶρον (dôron) +‎ θεά (theá). Feminine equivalent of Δωρόθεος (Dōrótheos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɔː.ro.tʰé.aː/ → /ðo.roˈθe.a/ → /ðo.roˈθe.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɔː.ro.tʰé.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /do.roˈtʰe.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðo.roˈθe.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðo.roˈθe.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðo.roˈθe.a/

Proper noun

Δωροθέᾱ • (Dōrothéā) f (genitive Δωροθέᾱς); first declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Dorothy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Δωροθέᾱ; τῆς Δωροθέᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Δωροθέᾱ hē Dōrothéā
Genitive	τῆς Δωροθέᾱς tês Dōrothéās
Dative	τῇ Δωροθέᾳ têi Dōrothéāi
Accusative	τὴν Δωροθέᾱν tḕn Dōrothéān
Vocative	Δωροθέᾱ Dōrothéā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Czech: Dorota
• → Danish: Dorete, Dorte, Dorthe, Dorit
• → Dutch: Dorothea
• → English: Dorothea, Dorothy
• → Estonian: Dorotea
  • ⇒ Estonian: Tiia
    • → Finnish: Tiia
• → Faroese: Dorotea
• → Finnish: Toroteija, Vetora, Tea, Teija, Tiia
• → French: Dorothée
• → German: Dorothea
• → Hungarian: Dorottya
• → Icelandic: Dórótea
• → Italian: Dorotea
• → Latvian: Doroteja
• → Lithuanian: Dorotėja
• → Low German: Dörte
• → Macedonian: Доротеја (Doroteja)
• → Norman: Dorothée
• → Norwegian: Dorothea, Dorit
• → Polish: Dorota
• → Portuguese: Doroteia, Dorotéia
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: Доротеја

  Latin script: Doroteja, Dorotea

• → Slovene: Dorotea
• → Spanish: Dorotea
• → Swedish: Dorote, Dorotea, Dorit

Further reading

• Δωροθέα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)