dōris¹

Meaning

1. A kind of bugloss

Declension

Origins

From Ancient Greek δῶρις (dôris).

Meaning

1. Doris (an ancient region of Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians)
2. Doris (an ancient mountainous region of Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians)
3. Doric Greek (dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in northwestern Greece, southern Italy, and Sicily)
   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 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.AD 121, Suetonius, Tiberius 56
   Quinque sunt linguae Graecorum, Ias Doris Atthis Aeolis coene.late 4th century CE, Diomedes Grammaticus, Artis Grammaticae libri III 440.5

Declension

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries