δωρεάν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A regularly declined accusative form of δωρεᾱ́ (dōreā́, “a gift”, “bounty”), also used as an adverb.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɔː.re.ǎːn/ → /ðo.reˈan/ → /ðo.reˈan/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɔː.re.ǎːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /do.reˈan/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðo.reˈan/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðo.reˈan/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðo.reˈan/

Adverb

δωρεᾱ́ν • (dōreā́n)

1. as a free gift, freely, for free; also, by grant
2. to no purpose, for naught

Descendants

• Greek: δωρεάν (doreán)

Noun

δωρεᾱ́ν • (dōreā́n) f

1. accusative singular of δωρεᾱ́ (dōreā́)

References

• “δωρεά II”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δωρεάν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δωρεάν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1432 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • gratis idem, page 371.
  • nothing idem, page 562.

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek δωρεᾱ́ν (dōreā́n).

Adverb

δωρεάν • (doreán)

1. free, free of charge, gratis, as a gift

Synonyms

• (colloquial) τζάμπα (tzámpa)

Related terms

• see: δωρίζω (dorízo, “to give”)