εἰσφορά

See also: εισφορά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εἰσφέρω (eisphérō, “to contribute”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eːs.pʰo.rǎː/ → /is.ɸoˈra/ → /is.foˈra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eːs.pʰo.rǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /is.pʰoˈra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /is.ɸoˈra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /is.foˈra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /is.foˈra/

Noun

εἰσφορᾱ́ • (eisphorā́) f (genitive εἰσφορᾶς); first declension

1. contribution; tax

Declension

First declension of ἡ εἰσφορᾱ́; τῆς εἰσφορᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εἰσφορᾱ́ hē eisphorā́	τὼ εἰσφορᾱ́ tṑ eisphorā́	αἱ εἰσφοραί hai eisphoraí
Genitive	τῆς εἰσφορᾶς tês eisphorâs	τοῖν εἰσφοραῖν toîn eisphoraîn	τῶν εἰσφορῶν tôn eisphorôn
Dative	τῇ εἰσφορᾷ têi eisphorâi	τοῖν εἰσφοραῖν toîn eisphoraîn	ταῖς εἰσφοραῖς taîs eisphoraîs
Accusative	τὴν εἰσφορᾱ́ν tḕn eisphorā́n	τὼ εἰσφορᾱ́ tṑ eisphorā́	τᾱ̀ς εἰσφορᾱ́ς tā̀s eisphorā́s
Vocative	εἰσφορᾱ́ eisphorā́	εἰσφορᾱ́ eisphorā́	εἰσφοραί eisphoraí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: εισφορά (eisforá)

Further reading

• “εἰσφορά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εἰσφορά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εἰσφορά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εἰσφορά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • contribution idem, page 170.
  • income-tax idem, page 429.
  • property idem, page 653.
  • subscription idem, page 832.
  • tax idem, page 857.