Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δορυφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δορυφόρος δορυφόρον

Structure: δορυφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. spear-bearing
  2. a spearman, pikeman
  3. the body-guard, satellite

Examples

  • ἐλεηθεῖσα δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ δορυφόρου πιπράσκεται· (Plutarch, Parallela minora, section 27 1:4)
  • ἐλεηθεῖσα δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ δορυφόρου πιπράσκεται· (Plutarch, Parallela minora, section 27 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. spear-bearing

Related

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

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