δόρυ

δόρυ, τό, [dialect] Att. gen. δόρατος, rare in Poets, as Ar.Ach.1120, late [dialect] Ep. dat. pl.

A

δοράτεσσι Q.S.6.363

: [dialect] Ep.and [dialect] Ion. decl., gen. δούρατος (also in Pi.P.4.38); dat. δούρατι (also in S.Ph.721 (lyr.)); pl. δούρατα, δούρασι (but codd. of Hdt. usu. have δόρατα, δόρασι): more commonly δουρός, δουρί (but

δορί Archil.2.1

); dual δοῦρε; pl. δοῦρα, δούρων, δούρεσσι; dat. pl.

δούροις Opp.H.3.573

: Trag., gen. δορός; dat. δορί or δόρει, the former required by metre in A.Th.347,456,958, Ag.111, E.Hec. 909, Ph.186, etc. (all lyr.), also in Id.Hec.5; δόρει is required in S.OC620, 1314, 1386;

ξὺν δορὶ ξὺν ἀσπίδι Ar.V.1081

, but

σὺν δόρει σὺν ἀσπίδι Achae.29

, cf. Choerob. in Theod.1.346; δορί occurs in Prose in the phrases δορὶ ἑλεῖν, λαβεῖν (v. infr. 11.2): nom. pl.

δόρη E. Rh.274

, Theopomp.Com.25; gen.

δορῶν Hsch.

: nom.

δοῦρας AP6.97

(Antiphil.). Exc. sg. δόρυ, Hom. uses only the [dialect] Ion. forms:

I stem, tree,

οὔπω τοῖον ἀνήλυθεν ἐκ δόρυ γαίης Od.6.167

; but commonly, plank or beam,

δοῦρ' ἐλάτης κέρσαντες Il.24.450

;

δούρατα μακρὰ ταμών Od.5.162

, cf. Il.3.61;

δούρατα πύργων 12.36

;

δούρατ' ἀμάξης Hes.Op.456

; mostly of ships, δόρυ νήϊον ship's plank, Il.15.410, etc.;

νήϊα δοῦρα Od.9.498

; also, mast, E.Tr.1148: hence,

2 δ. εἰνάλιον, ἀμφῆρες, of a ship, Pi.P.4.27, E.Cyc.15;

δ. ποντοπόρον S.Ph. 721

(lyr.); also δόρυ alone, A.Pers.411, Ag.1618, E.Hel.1611;

ἐπ' Ἀργῴου δορός Id.Andr.793

; also δούρων, of oars, Hymn.Is.152.

3 pillory, stocks,

ἐν δουρὶ δεθεὶς αὐχένα Anacr.21.9

.

II shaft of a spear, δόρυ μείλινον the ashen shaft, Il.5.666, al.: hence, generally, spear itself,

δ. χάλκεον 13.247

;

ἀσπίδα καὶ δύο δοῦρε Od.1.256

, etc.; hunting-spear, Il.12.303; δόρατα ναύμαχα boarding-pikes, Hdt.7.89: freq. in military phrases, v. πέλεκυς 1; εἰς δόρατος πληγήν within spear's throw, X.Eq.8.10;

εἰς δόρυ ἀφικόμενοι Id.HG4.3.17

; ἐπὶ δόρυ to the right hand, in which the spear was held, opp. ἐπ' ἀσπίδα, Id.An.4.3.29 (cf. κλίνω IV. 3,

κλίσις 111

);

παρὰ δόρυ Id.Lac.11.10

;

εἰς δόρυ Id.HG6.5.18

;

τὴν ἐμβολὴν ἐκ δόρατος ποιεῖσθαι Plb.3.115.9

:— ὑπὸ δόρυ πωλεῖσθαι, = Lat. sub hasta venire, D.H.4.24, cf. Str.4.6.7.

b pole of a standard, X.Cyr.7.1.4.

c sceptre, E.Hec. 9.

d stick used as tourniquet, Hp.Nat.Puer.24.

2 metaph., δουρὶ κτεατίζειν win wealth by the spear, i.e. in war, Il.16.57; ὑπὸ δουρὶ πόλιν πέρθαι ib.708; in Prose, δορὶ ἑλεῖν, λαβεῖν, Th.1.128, App. BC4.8; an armed force,

συμμάχῳ δ. A.Eu.773

;

δ. ἐπακτοῦ S.OC 1525

; καὶ τὸ δ. καὶ τὸ κηρύκειον πέμπειν to offer war or peace, Plb. 4.52.4. (Cf. Skt. dā´ru 'piece of wood', δορά (B), δρῦς.)