Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δορίπονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δορίπονος δορίπονον

Structure: δοριπον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. toiling with the spear

Examples

  • ἰὼ παναρκεῖσ θεοί, ἰὼ τέλειοι τέλειαί τε γᾶσ τᾶσδε πυργοφύλακεσ, πόλιν δορίπονον μὴ προδῶθ’ ἑτεροφώνῳ στρατῷ. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, strophe 31)

Synonyms

  1. toiling with 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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