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

  • ἐμοὶ δ’ ὀπαδοὺσ τούσδε καὶ δορυσσόουσ ἔταξαν, ὡσ ἔχοιμι τίμιον γέρασ, καὶ μὴ ’ξ ἀέλπτων δορικανεῖ μόρῳ θανὼν λάθοιμι, χώρᾳ δ’ ἄχθοσ ἀείζων πέλοι. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode, trochees3)

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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