βορά

Ancient Greek

By surface analysis, βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “to eat”) +‎ -η (-ē). The term may have been inherited from Proto-Hellenic *gʷorā́, itself perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃éh₂,^[1] whence also perhaps Latin vorō.^[2]

βορᾱ́ • (borā́) f (genitive βορᾶς); first declension

First declension of ἡ βορᾱ́; τῆς βορᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βορᾱ́ hē borā́	τὼ βορᾱ́ tṑ borā́	αἱ βοραί hai boraí
Genitive	τῆς βορᾶς tês borâs	τοῖν βοραῖν toîn boraîn	τῶν βορῶν tôn borôn
Dative	τῇ βορᾷ tēî borāî	τοῖν βοραῖν toîn boraîn	ταῖς βοραῖς taîs boraîs
Accusative	τὴν βορᾱ́ν tḕn borā́n	τὼ βορᾱ́ tṑ borā́	τᾱ̀ς βορᾱ́ς tā̀s borā́s
Vocative	βορᾱ́ borā́	βορᾱ́ borā́	βοραί boraí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ van Beek, Lucien (2022), The Reflexes of Syllabic Liquids in Ancient Greek (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 22)‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 413
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “βιβρώσκω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page DER: βορά 'food (of a predator)' (possibly cognate to the *gʷoreh₂- that seems to be set forth by Lat. vorāre) of 213-214

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- fare idem, page 307.
- food idem, page 333.