Πανδώρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰν- (pan-, “all”) +‎ δῶρον (dôron, “gift”) +‎ -ᾱ (-ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pan.dɔ̌ː.raː/ → /panˈdo.ra/ → /panˈdo.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pan.dɔ̌ː.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /panˈdo.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /panˈdo.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /panˈdo.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /panˈdo.ra/

Proper noun

Πᾰνδώρᾱ • (Pandṓrā) f (genitive Πᾰνδώρᾱς); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Πᾰνδώρᾱ; τῆς Πᾰνδώρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πᾰνδώρᾱ hē Pandṓrā
Genitive	τῆς Πᾰνδώρᾱς tês Pandṓrās
Dative	τῇ Πᾰνδώρᾳ têi Pandṓrāi
Accusative	τὴν Πᾰνδώρᾱν tḕn Pandṓrān
Vocative	Πᾰνδώρᾱ Pandṓrā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Πανδώρα (Pandóra)
• Latin: Pandōra

References

• Πανδώρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020

Greek

Proper noun

Πανδώρα • (Pandóra) f (plural Pandóra)

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora (Character in Greek mythology)
2. (astronomy) Pandora a moon of Saturn
3. (astronomy) 55 Pandora an asteroid.
4. a female given name Pandora

Declension

  Πανδώρα

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Πανδώρα •
genitive	Πανδώρας •
accusative	Πανδώρα •
vocative	Πανδώρα •