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Headword: Δορός
Adler number: delta,1389
Translated headword: of a spear
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
[Genitive, equivalent to] δόρατος .[1]
"Perhaps, even if they do not desire him while he is alive, they would lament him dead when they need his spear."[2] Tekmessa, the wife of Ajax, says [this] about Agamemnon.
Greek Original:
Δορός: δόρατος. ἴσως τοι, κεἰ βλέποντα μὴ 'πόθουν, θανόντ' ἂν οἰμώξειαν ἐν χρείᾳ δορός. Τέκμησσά φησι, γυνὴ Αἴαντος περὶ Ἀγαμέμνονος.
Notes:
[1] For forms of δόρυ , see delta 1377, delta 1379, delta 1394, delta 1430.
[2] Sophocles, Ajax 962-3 (web address 1).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: dialects, grammar, and etymology; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 8 March 2005@23:40:44.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 9 March 2005@02:50:13.
Catharine Roth (fixed note number) on 9 March 2005@14:35:49.
Catharine Roth (tweaked link) on 1 August 2011@21:35:25.
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