Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δοριθήρατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δοριθήρατος δοριθήρατον

Structure: δοριθηρατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qhra/w

Sense

  1. taken by the spear

Examples

  • ποῖ ποτ’ ἀπήνησ νώτοισι φέρῃ, δύστανε γύναι, πάρεδροσ χαλκέοισ Ἕκτοροσ ὅπλοισ σκύλοισ τε Φρυγῶν δοριθηράτοισ, οἷσιν Ἀχιλλέωσ παῖσ Φθιώτασ στέψει ναοὺσ ἀπὸ Τροίασ; (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, anapests3)

Synonyms

  1. taken 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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