δορυφόρος
See also: Δορυφόρος
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- δορῠφέρος (doruphéros)
- δουροφόρος (dourophóros) — Ionic
Etymology
editδόρῠ (dóru, “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
editδορῠφόρος • (doruphóros) m or f (neuter δορῠφόρον); second declension
- spear-bearing, lanciferous
- (figuratively) defending, escorting, supporting
Declension
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | δορῠφόρος doruphóros |
δορῠφόρον doruphóron |
δορῠφόρω doruphórō |
δορῠφόρω doruphórō |
δορῠφόροι doruphóroi |
δορῠφόρᾰ doruphóra | ||||||||
Genitive | δορῠφόρου doruphórou |
δορῠφόρου doruphórou |
δορῠφόροιν doruphóroin |
δορῠφόροιν doruphóroin |
δορῠφόρων doruphórōn |
δορῠφόρων doruphórōn | ||||||||
Dative | δορῠφόρῳ doruphórōi |
δορῠφόρῳ doruphórōi |
δορῠφόροιν doruphóroin |
δορῠφόροιν doruphóroin |
δορῠφόροις doruphórois |
δορῠφόροις doruphórois | ||||||||
Accusative | δορῠφόρον doruphóron |
δορῠφόρον doruphóron |
δορῠφόρω doruphórō |
δορῠφόρω doruphórō |
δορῠφόρους doruphórous |
δορῠφόρᾰ doruphóra | ||||||||
Vocative | δορῠφόρε doruphóre |
δορῠφόρον doruphóron |
δορῠφόρω doruphórō |
δορῠφόρω doruphórō |
δορῠφόροι doruphóroi |
δορῠφόρᾰ doruphóra | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δορῠφόρως doruphórōs |
δορῠφορώτερος doruphorṓteros |
δορῠφορώτᾰτος doruphorṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Noun
editδορῠφόρος • (doruphóros) 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
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ δορῠφόρος ho, hē doruphóros |
τὼ δορῠφόρω tṑ doruphórō |
οἱ, αἱ δορῠφόροι hoi, hai doruphóroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς δορῠφόρου toû, tês doruphórou |
τοῖν δορῠφόροιν toîn doruphóroin |
τῶν δορῠφόρων tôn doruphórōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ δορῠφόρῳ tôi, têi doruphórōi |
τοῖν δορῠφόροιν toîn doruphóroin |
τοῖς, ταῖς δορῠφόροις toîs, taîs doruphórois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν δορῠφόρον tòn, tḕn doruphóron |
τὼ δορῠφόρω tṑ doruphórō |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς δορῠφόρους toùs, tā̀s doruphórous | ||||||||||
Vocative | δορῠφόρε doruphóre |
δορῠφόρω doruphórō |
δορῠφόροι doruphóroi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- δορῠφορέω (doruphoréō, verb)
- δορῠφορῐ́ᾱ f (doruphoríā, common noun)
- δορῠφορῐκός (doruphorikós, adjective)
- Δορῠφόρος m (Doruphóros, 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 (2006–2024)
- Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “δορυφόρος”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek δορῠφόρος (doruphóros), in the sense of “bodyguard”, equivalent to the Latin satelles. By surface analysis, δόρυ (dóry) -φόρος (-fóros).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editδορυφόρος • (doryfóros) m (plural δορυφόροι)
Declension
editsingular | 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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