Doris
See also: doris
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís, “a nymph, one of the daughters of Oceanus”).
Proper noun edit
Doris f
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Heterobranchia - subclass; Nudibranchia - order; Doridina - suborder; Doridoidei - infraorder; Doridoidea - superfamily; Dorididae - family
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Doris verrucosa - type species
Derived terms edit
- Alloiodoris
- Aphelodoris
- Ardeadoris
- Baptodoris
- Chromodoris
- Dendrodoris
- Dictyodoris
- Discodoris
- Diversidoris
- Doridoeides
- Doriopsis
- Doriorbis
- Doriprismatica
- Geitodoris
- Glossodoris
- Goniodoris
- Hiatodoris
- Homoiodoris
- Hoplodoris
- Hypselodoris
- Lophodoris
- Murphydoris
- Nophodoris
- Onchidoris
- Paradoris
- Peltodoris
- Pharodoris
- Platydoris
- Sclerodoris
- Sebadoris
References edit
- Doris (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Doris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Doris (Nudibranchia) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
The feminine form of Doric.
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Dorris
Proper noun edit
Doris
- (Greek mythology) The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 49:
- And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa.
- An ancient region in Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians.
- An ancient mountainous region in Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians.
- (astronomy) 48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
- 1866, Mary A. Prescott, “Doris Daylesford, A Story”, in Beadle's Monthly Magazine of To-day, volume 2, page 149:
- "My Doris—may I call you that, dearest?"
"Call me Sappho, call me Chloris, call me Lalage, or Doris—only call me thine," I should have answered, if it had not been a little too sentimental.… I am afraid I omitted to state, in the proper place, that Doris is a name which has descended through a dozen generations of our family, that it belongs to myself as well as to my niece […]
- 1989, Judy Carter, Stand-up Comedy: A Book, →ISBN, page 35:
- I've never met an old person named Judy. Now that's true. Maybe something happens to girls with young names like Debby, Judy, and Susie. At a certain age they make you change it to Doris, Edna, or Myrtle.
- A surname.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
Noun edit
Doris (plural Dorises)
- (British, slang) One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
- (British, slang) A woman, especially when older or unattractive.
Etymology 2 edit
From the name of famous film star Doris Day.
Adjective edit
Doris (not comparable)
Further reading edit
- Jonathon Green (2024) “Doris n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Anagrams edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Doris
- a female given name from Ancient Greek
- (Greek mythology) the nereid Doris
- Doris (an ancient region in Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians)
- Doris (an ancient mountainous region in Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians)
- (astronomy) the asteroid 48 Doris
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Doris.
Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Doris
- a female given name borrowed from English usage, popular in the 1920s and the 1930s
Estonian edit
Proper noun edit
Doris
- a female given name from English
Faroese edit
Proper noun edit
Doris f
- a female given name
Usage notes edit
Matronymics
- son of Doris: Dorisarson
- daughter of Doris: Dorisardóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Doris |
Accusative | Doris |
Dative | Doris |
Genitive | Dorisar |
German edit
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Doris
- a female given name from English, popular in the mid-twentieth century
Italian edit
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
Doris m or f by sense
- a surname
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdoː.ris/, [ˈd̪oːrɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.ris/, [ˈd̪ɔːris]
Proper noun edit
Dōris f sg (genitive Dōridis); third declension
- Doris (an ancient region in Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians)
- Doris (an ancient mountainous region in Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians)
- Doric Greek (dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in northwestern Greece, southern Italy, and Sicily)
- AD 121, Suetonius, Tiberius 56:[2]
- Nihilo lenior in conuictores Graeculos, quibus uel maxime adquiescebat, Xenonem quendam exquisitius sermocinantem cum interrogasset, quaenam illa tam molesta dialectos esset, et ille respondisset Doridem, relegauit Cinariam, existimans exprobratum sibi ueterem secessum, quod Dorice Rhodii loquantur.
- 1889 translation by Alexander Thomson[3]
- He treated with no greater leniency the Greeks in his family, even those with whom he was most pleased. Having asked one Zeno, upon his using some far-fetched phrases, “What uncouth dialect is that?” he replied, “The Doric.” For this answer he banished him to Cinara, suspecting that he taunted him with his former residence at Rhodes, where the Doric dialect is spoken.
- 1889 translation by Alexander Thomson[3]
- Nihilo lenior in conuictores Graeculos, quibus uel maxime adquiescebat, Xenonem quendam exquisitius sermocinantem cum interrogasset, quaenam illa tam molesta dialectos esset, et ille respondisset Doridem, relegauit Cinariam, existimans exprobratum sibi ueterem secessum, quod Dorice Rhodii loquantur.
- late AD 4th century, Diomedes Grammaticus, Artis Grammaticae libri III 440.5:
- Quinque sunt linguae Graecorum, Ias Doris Atthis Aeolis coene.
- late AD 4th century, Diomedes Grammaticus, Artis Grammaticae libri III 440.8–15:
- Doris in singulis partibus orationis nunc adiectioni nunc brevitati studens barbarismos facit [qui barbarismi metaplasmi appellantur], quos cum sibi vindicaverint docti, metaplasmos appellant, ut
T e u c r u m m i r a n t u r i n e r t i a c o r d a
pro Teucrorum, et
a g g e r e m o e r o r u m
et
a u l a i m e d i o.
- Doris in singulis partibus orationis nunc adiectioni nunc brevitati studens barbarismos facit [qui barbarismi metaplasmi appellantur], quos cum sibi vindicaverint docti, metaplasmos appellant, ut
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Dōris |
Genitive | Dōridis |
Dative | Dōridī |
Accusative | Dōridem |
Ablative | Dōride |
Vocative | Dōris |
References edit
- “Dōris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Doris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Doris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Doris f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Doris
Swedish edit
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Proper noun edit
Doris c (genitive Doris)
- a female given name borrowed from English usage, popular in the 1920s and the 1930s