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

  • ὡσ καὶ τῆσ νῦν φθιμένησ νυκτὸσ μεγάλοι θόρυβοι κατέχουσ’ ἡμᾶσ ἐπὶ δυσκλείᾳ, σὲ τὸν ἱππομανῆ λειμῶν’ ἐπιβάντ’ ὀλέσαι Δαναῶν βοτὰ καὶ λείαν, ἥπερ δορίληπτοσ ἔτ’ ἦν λοιπή, κτείνοντ’ αἴθωνι σιδήρῳ. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode, anapests3)

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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