Doric Greek

E38670

Doric dialect ancient Greek dialect

Doric Greek is an ancient Greek dialect associated especially with Sparta and the Dorian regions, characterized by distinct phonological and morphological features that set it apart from Ionic and Attic Greek.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cretan Doric	1
Dorian Greeks	1
Laconian	1
Laconian Doric	1
Laconian dialect	1
Northwest Doric	1
Rhodian Doric	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Doric dialect ⓘ ancient Greek dialect ⓘ
associatedWith	Corinth ⓘ Crete ⓘ Dodecanese ⓘ Dorians ⓘ Megara ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ Sicily ⓘ Southern Italy ⓘ Sparta ⓘ
distinctFrom	Aeolic Greek ⓘ Attic Greek ⓘ Ionic Greek ⓘ
hasFeature	conservative phonology ⓘ dialectal lexical items ⓘ different infinitive endings from Attic-Ionic ⓘ distinct genitive plural endings ⓘ distinct morphological endings ⓘ distinct participial forms ⓘ distinct vowel system ⓘ retention of /w/ sound in some positions ⓘ special forms of personal pronouns ⓘ use of -ᾱ- instead of -η- in many forms ⓘ use of long alpha where Attic has eta ⓘ
hasVariant	Doric Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cretan Doric Doric Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Laconian dialect Northwest Greek ⓘ surface form: Northwest Doric Doric Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rhodian Doric
historicalStatus	extinct language variety ⓘ
influenced	Koine Greek vocabulary in some regions ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
partOf	Greek language ⓘ
region	Argolis ⓘ Cyrenaica ⓘ Laconia ⓘ Messenia ⓘ Rhodes ⓘ
studiedIn	classical philology ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf	Ancient Greek ⓘ Hellenic language ⓘ
timePeriod	Archaic Greece ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ
usedIn	Bacchylides' poetry ⓘ Pindar's poetry ⓘ choral lyric poetry ⓘ epigraphic documents ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ parts of Greek drama ⓘ public decrees in Dorian cities ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ionic Greek → contrastedWith → Doric Greek ⓘ

Attic Greek → contrastsWith → Doric Greek ⓘ

Tsakonian → derivedFrom → Doric Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Laconian Doric

Corinth → dialect → Doric Greek ⓘ

Laconia → ethnonym → Doric Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Laconian

Magna Graecia → foundedBy → Doric Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorian Greeks

Tsakonian → hasAncestor → Doric Greek ⓘ

Proto-Greek → hasDescendant → Doric Greek ⓘ

Ancient Greek → hasDialect → Doric Greek ⓘ

Northwest Greek → hasDialect → Doric Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Doric

Tarentum → hasDialect → Doric Greek ⓘ

Greek language → hasDialects → Doric Greek ⓘ

Hellenic languages → hasPart → Doric Greek ⓘ

Doric Greek → hasVariant → Doric Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Laconian dialect

Doric Greek → hasVariant → Doric Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cretan Doric

Doric Greek → hasVariant → Doric Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhodian Doric

Dorians → language → Doric Greek ⓘ

Sparta → language → Doric Greek ⓘ

Spartan army → languageOfCommand → Doric Greek ⓘ

Aeolic Greek → relatedTo → Doric Greek ⓘ

Northwest Greek → sharesFeatureWith → Doric Greek ⓘ