Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δορυσσόος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δορυσσόος δορυσσόον

Structure: δορυσσο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: seu/omai

Sense

  1. charging with the lance

Examples

  • ὄχλον δ’ ὑπασπιστῆρα καὶ δορυσσόον λεύσσω, ξὺν ἵπποισ καμπύλοισ τ’ ὀχήμασιν· (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode 1:3)
  • οὐδ’ ἵππων ὁρμὴ γίνεται ὠκυτέρη, αἵτε ἄνακτα φέρουσι δορυσσόον ἐσ πόνον ἀνδρῶν λάβρωσ πυροφόρῳ τερπόμεναι πεδίῳ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389555)

Synonyms

  1. charging with the lance

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

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