μορέα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μορέη (moréē) — Ionic

Etymology

From μόρον (móron, “black mulberry”) +‎ -έᾱ (-éā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mo.ré.aː/ → /moˈre.a/ → /moˈre.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.ré.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /moˈre.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /moˈre.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /moˈre.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /moˈre.a/

Noun

μορέᾱ • (moréā) f (genitive μορέᾱς); first declension

1. mulberry tree
   • 200 BCE – 100 BCE, Nicander, Alexipharmaca 69–71:

     ἄλλοτε καὶ μορέης ἀπὸ ῥίζεα φοινηέσσης
     ὅλμου ἐνὶ στύπεϊ προβαλὼν καὶ ὁμήρεα κόψας
     οἴνῳ, ἐνεψηθέντα πόροις καμάτοισι μελίσσης[.]

     állote kaì moréēs apò rhízea phoinēéssēs
     hólmou enì stúpeï probalṑn kaì homḗrea kópsas
     oínōi, enepsēthénta pórois kamátoisi melíssēs[.]

     And at other times, the roots of the blood-red mulberry-tree,
     having thrown them into the hollow of a mortar and having ground them up mingled
     with wine, you should offer boiled in the labours of the bee.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μορέᾱ; τῆς μορέᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μορέᾱ hē moréā	τὼ μορέᾱ tṑ moréā	αἱ μορέαι hai moréai
Genitive	τῆς μορέᾱς tês moréās	τοῖν μορέαιν toîn moréain	τῶν μορεῶν tôn moreôn
Dative	τῇ μορέᾳ têi moréāi	τοῖν μορέαιν toîn moréain	ταῖς μορέαις taîs moréais
Accusative	τὴν μορέᾱν tḕn moréān	τὼ μορέᾱ tṑ moréā	τᾱ̀ς μορέᾱς tā̀s moréās
Vocative	μορέᾱ moréā	μορέᾱ moréā	μορέαι moréai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μορέα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μορέα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “μορέα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011