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δορικανής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δορικανής δορικανές

Structure: δορικανη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kanei=n

Sense

  1. slain by the spear

Examples

  • ἐμοὶ δ’ ὀπαδοὺσ τούσδε καὶ δορυσσόουσ ἔταξαν, ὡσ ἔχοιμι τίμιον γέρασ, καὶ μὴ ’ξ ἀέλπτων δορικανεῖ μόρῳ θανὼν λάθοιμι, χώρᾳ δ’ ἄχθοσ ἀείζων πέλοι. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode, trochees3)

Synonyms

  1. slain by the spear

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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