Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δορίληπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δορίληπτος δορίληπτον

Structure: δοριληπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: lamba/nw

Sense

  1. won by the spear

Examples

  • ἐφεδρεύων δὲ ἀεὶ τοῖσ ἐγγὺσ ἔθνεσι, καὶ δυνατὸσ ὢν βιάσασθαι καὶ πιθανὸσ προσαγαγέσθαι, ἦρξε Μεσοποταμίασ καὶ Ἀρμενίασ καὶ Καππαδοκίασ τῆσ Σελευκίδοσ λεγομένησ καὶ Περσῶν καὶ Παρθυαίων καὶ Βακτρίων καὶ Ἀράβων καὶ Ταπύρων καὶ τῆσ Σογδιανῆσ καὶ Ἀραχωσίασ καὶ Ὑρκανίασ, καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα ὅμορα ἔθνη μέχρι Ἰνδοῦ ποταμοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ ἐγεγένητο δορίληπτα, ὡσ ὡρίσθαι τῷδε μάλιστα μετ’ Ἀλέξανδρον τῆσ Ἀσίασ τὸ πλέον· (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 9 4:6)

Synonyms

  1. won by the spear

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

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