Ζοάρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ζοόρα (Zoóra) — Madaba Map
• Σηγώρ (Sēgṓr) — Septuagint

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew צוֹעַר (ṣôʿar).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdo.á.ra/ → /zoˈa.ra/ → /zoˈa.ra/

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

Proper noun

Ζοάρᾰ • (Zoára) n pl (genitive Ζοάρων); second declension

1. Zoara (a town in Judaea, modern-day Jordan, situated at the southern end of the Dead Sea)
   • 75 CE, Josephus, The Jewish War 4.8.4
   • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 13.397
   • 90 CE – 168 CE, Ptolemy, Geography 5.16.4

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Ζοᾰ́ρᾰ; τῶν Ζοᾰ́ρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ Ζοᾰ́ρᾰ tà Zoára
Genitive	τῶν Ζοᾰ́ρων tôn Zoárōn
Dative	τοῖς Ζοᾰ́ροις toîs Zoárois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Ζοᾰ́ρᾰ tà Zoára
Vocative	Ζοᾰ́ρᾰ Zoára
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Zoara

Further reading

• “Zoara”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly