Skip to main contentδόρυ — STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones | Berean InstitutesSTEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: δόρυ
δόρυ, τό,
Attic dialect genitive δόρατος, rare in Poets, as [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1120 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], late Epic dialect dative plural δοράτεσσι [[ 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 6.363: _Epic dialect_ and _Ionic dialect_ declension, _genitive_ δούρατος (also in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.38)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; dative δούρατι (also in [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 721 (Lyric poetry))] Refs 5th c.BC+]; plural δούρατα, δούρασι (but codices of [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus usually have δόρατα, δόρασι): more commonly δουρός, δουρί (but δορί 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 2.1)] Refs 7th c.BC+]; dual δοῦρ; plural δοῦρα, δούρων, δούρεσσ; dative plural δούροις [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 3.573 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: Trag., genitive δορό; dative δορί or δόρει, the former required by metre in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 347, 456, 958, “Ag.” 111, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 909, “Ph.” 186, etc. (all Lyric poetry), also in [prev. author] “Hec.” 5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόρει is required in [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 620, 1314, 1386; ξὺν δορὶ ξὺν ἀσπίδι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1081, but σὺν δόρει σὺν ἀσπίδι 5th c.BC: Achaeus Tragicus 29, compare 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.346; δορί occurs in Prose in the phrases δορὶ ἑλεῖν, λαβεῖν (see. below 11.2)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: nominative plural δόρη [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 274, 5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 25; _genitive_ δορῶν 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus: _nominative_ δοῦρας “Anthologia Graeca” 6.97 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus). Exc. _sing._ δόρυ, 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only the _Ionic dialect_ forms: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I stem, tree, οὔπω τοῖον ἀνήλυθεν ἐκ δόρυ γαίης [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.167 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but commonly, plank or beam, δοῦρ᾽ ἐλάτης κέρσαντες [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.450; δούρατα μακρὰ ταμών 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.162, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.61; δούρατα πύργων 12.36; δούρατ᾽ ἀμάξης 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 456 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; mostly of ships, δόρυ νήϊον ship's plank, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.410, etc.; νήϊα δοῦρα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.498 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, mast, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1148: hence, ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 δ. εἰνάλιον, ἀμφῆρες, of a ship, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.27, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 15; δ. ποντοπόρον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 721 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also δόρυ alone, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 411, “Ag.” 1618, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1611; ἐπ᾽ Ἀργῴου δορός [prev. author] “Andr.” 793 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also δούρων, of oars, [[ Hymn.Is. 152. ] Refs]
__I.3 pillory, stocks, ἐν δουρὶ δεθεὶς αὐχένα [[ 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 21.9. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__II shaft of a spear, δόρυ μείλινον the ashen shaft, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.666, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, generally, spear itself, δ. χάλκεον [[ 13.247; ἀσπίδα καὶ δύο δοῦρε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.256, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; hunting-spear, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.303 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δόρατα ναύμαχα boarding-pikes, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.89: frequently in military phrases, see at {πέλεκυς} 1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς δόρατος πληγήν within spear's throw, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 8.10; εἰς δόρυ ἀφικόμενοι [prev. author] “HG” 4.3.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ δόρυ to the right hand, in which the spear was held, opposed to ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδα, [[ [prev. author] “An.” 4.3.29 (compare κλίνω IV. 3, κλίσις 111); παρὰ δόρυ [prev. author] “Lac.” 11.10; εἰς δόρυ [prev. author] “HG” 6.5.18; τὴν ἐμβολὴν ἐκ δόρατος ποιεῖσθαι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.115.9:] Refs 2nd c.BC+] — ὑπὸ δόρυ πωλεῖσθαι, = Latin entry: hasta venire, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.24, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 4.6.7. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.b pole of a standard, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.c sceptre, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.d stick used as tourniquet, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 24. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 metaphorically, δουρὶ κτεατίζειν win wealth by the spear, i.e. in war, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.57; ὑπὸ δουρὶ πόλιν πέρθαι [prev. work] 708 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Prose, δορὶ ἑλεῖν, λαβεῖν, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.128, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; an armed force, συμμάχῳ δ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 773; δ. ἐπακτοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1525 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ τὸ δ. καὶ τὸ κηρύκειον πέμπειν to offer war or peace, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.52.4 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit dā´ru 'piece of wood', δορά (B), δρῦς.)
