δορυφόρος
Appearance
See also: Δορυφόρος
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- δορῠφέρος (dorŭphéros)
- δουροφόρος (dourophóros) — Ionic
Etymology
[edit]δόρῠ (dórŭ, “spear, lance”) + φέρω (phérō, “bear, bring, carry”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming two-termination second-declension compound adjectives)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /do.ry.pʰó.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /do.ryˈpʰo.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðo.ryˈɸo.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðo.ryˈfo.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðo.riˈfo.ros/
Adjective
[edit]δορῠφόρος • (dorŭphóros) m or f (neuter δορῠφόρον); second declension
- spear-bearing, lanciferous
- (figuratively) defending, escorting, supporting
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | δορῠφόρος dorŭphóros |
δορῠφόρον dorŭphóron |
δορῠφόρω dorŭphórō |
δορῠφόρω dorŭphórō |
δορῠφόροι dorŭphóroi |
δορῠφόρᾰ dorŭphóră | ||||||||
Genitive | δορῠφόρου dorŭphórou |
δορῠφόρου dorŭphórou |
δορῠφόροιν dorŭphóroin |
δορῠφόροιν dorŭphóroin |
δορῠφόρων dorŭphórōn |
δορῠφόρων dorŭphórōn | ||||||||
Dative | δορῠφόρῳ dorŭphórōi |
δορῠφόρῳ dorŭphórōi |
δορῠφόροιν dorŭphóroin |
δορῠφόροιν dorŭphóroin |
δορῠφόροις dorŭphórois |
δορῠφόροις dorŭphórois | ||||||||
Accusative | δορῠφόρον dorŭphóron |
δορῠφόρον dorŭphóron |
δορῠφόρω dorŭphórō |
δορῠφόρω dorŭphórō |
δορῠφόρους dorŭphórous |
δορῠφόρᾰ dorŭphóră | ||||||||
Vocative | δορῠφόρε dorŭphóre |
δορῠφόρον dorŭphóron |
δορῠφόρω dorŭphórō |
δορῠφόρω dorŭphórō |
δορῠφόροι dorŭphóroi |
δορῠφόρᾰ dorŭphóră | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δορῠφόρως dorŭphórōs |
δορῠφορώτερος dorŭphorṓteros |
δορῠφορώτᾰτος dorŭphorṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Noun
[edit]δορῠφόρος • (dorŭphóros) m or f (genitive δορῠφόρου); second declension
- a spearman, lancer
- a member of a potentate’s retinue of bodyguards (equivalent to the Latin satelles)
- (at Rome) a Praetorian Guardsman
- (figuratively) a pleasure or indulgence that merely accompanies or is attendant upon and secondary to another, greater pleasure or indulgence
- (drama) a mute character
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ δορῠφόρος ho, hē dorŭphóros |
τὼ δορῠφόρω tṑ dorŭphórō |
οἱ, αἱ δορῠφόροι hoi, hai dorŭphóroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς δορῠφόρου toû, tês dorŭphórou |
τοῖν δορῠφόροιν toîn dorŭphóroin |
τῶν δορῠφόρων tôn dorŭphórōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ δορῠφόρῳ tôi, têi dorŭphórōi |
τοῖν δορῠφόροιν toîn dorŭphóroin |
τοῖς, ταῖς δορῠφόροις toîs, taîs dorŭphórois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν δορῠφόρον tòn, tḕn dorŭphóron |
τὼ δορῠφόρω tṑ dorŭphórō |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς δορῠφόρους toùs, tā̀s dorŭphórous | ||||||||||
Vocative | δορῠφόρε dorŭphóre |
δορῠφόρω dorŭphórō |
δορῠφόροι dorŭphóroi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- δορῠφορέω (dorŭphoréō, verb)
- δορῠφορῐ́ᾱ f (dorŭphorĭ́ā, common noun)
- δορῠφορῐκός (dorŭphorĭkós, adjective)
- Δορῠφόρος m (Dorŭphóros, proper noun)
Descendants
[edit]- Greek: δορυφόρος (doryfóros)
Further reading
[edit]- “δορῠ́φορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δορυφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δορυφόρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δορῠφόρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “δορυφόρος”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek δορῠφόρος (dorŭphóros), in the sense of “bodyguard”, equivalent to the Latin satelles. By surface analysis, δόρυ (dóry) + -φόρος (-fóros).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]δορυφόρος • (doryfóros) m (plural δορυφόροι)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | δορυφόρος (doryfóros) | δορυφόροι (doryfóroi) |
genitive | δορυφόρου (doryfórou) | δορυφόρων (doryfóron) |
accusative | δορυφόρο (doryfóro) | δορυφόρους (doryfórous) |
vocative | δορυφόρε (doryfóre) | δορυφόροι (doryfóroi) |
Derived terms
[edit]- δορυφορικός (doryforikós)
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