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δοριπετής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δοριπετής δοριπετές

Structure: δοριπετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pi/ptw

Sense

  1. fallen by the spear

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ Τροίαν ἦλθεσ Ἀργεῖοί τέ σου κατ’ ἴχνοσ, ἦν δὲ δοριπετὴσ ἀγωνία, εἰ μὲν τὰ τοῦδε κρείσσον’ ἀγγέλλοιτό σοι, Μενέλαον ᾔνεισ, παῖσ ὅπωσ λυποῖτ’ ἐμὸσ ἔχων ἔρωτοσ ἀνταγωνιστὴν μέγαν· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 3:10)

Synonyms

  1. fallen 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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