δασύστερνος

From δᾰσῠ́ς (dăsŭ́s, “hairy, shaggy”) +‎ στέρνον (stérnon, “chest, breast”) +‎ -ος (-os).

δᾰσύστερνος • (dăsústernos) m or f (neuter —); second declension

1. Having a hairy, shaggy chest.
   • Sophocles, Trachiniae, in Francis Storr (ed.), 555-561.

     ἦν μοι παλαιὸν δῶρον ἀρχαίου ποτὲ
     θηρός, λέβητι χαλκέῳ κεκρυμμένον,
     ὃ παῖς ἔτ’ οὖσα τοῦ δασυστέρνου παρὰ
     Νέσσου φθίνοντος ἐκ φονῶν ἀνειλόμην,
     ὃς τὸν βαθύρρουν ποταμὸν Εὔηνον βροτοὺς
     μισθοῦ ’πόρευε χερσίν, οὔτε πομπίμοις
     κώπαις ἐρέσσων οὔτε λαίφεσιν νεώς.

     ên moi palaiòn dôron arkhaíou potè
     thērós, lébēti khalkéōi kekrumménon,
     hò paîs ét’ oûsa toû dasustérnou parà
     Néssou phthínontos ek phonôn aneilómēn,
     hòs tòn bathúrrhoun potamòn Eúēnon brotoùs
     misthoû ’póreue khersín, oúte pompímois
     kṓpais eréssōn oúte laíphesin neṓs.

     I had a gift, given to me long ago by a monster of olden time, and stored in an urn of bronze; a gift which, while yet a girl, I took up from the shaggy-breasted Nessus,—from his life-blood, as he lay dying; Nessus, who used to carry men in his arms for hire across the deep waters of the Evenus, using no oar to waft them, nor sail of ship. (Translated by Richard C. Jebb; see Wikisource)

• “δασύστερνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δασύστερνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)