δορυφόρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δορῠφέρος (doruphéros)
• δουροφόρος (dourophóros) — Ionic

Etymology

δόρῠ (dóru, “spear, lance”) +‎ φέρω (phérō, “bear, bring, carry”) +‎ -ος (-os, suffix forming two-termination second-declension compound adjectives)

Pronunciation

Adjective

δορῠφόρος • (doruphóros) m or f (neuter δορῠφόρον); second declension

1. spear-bearing, lanciferous
2. (figuratively) defending, escorting, supporting

Declension

Noun

δορῠφόρος • (doruphóros) m or f (genitive δορῠφόρου); second declension

1. a spearman, lancer
2. a member of a potentate’s retinue of bodyguards (equivalent to the Latin satelles)
   1. (at Rome) a Praetorian Guardsman
3. (figuratively) a pleasure or indulgence that merely accompanies or is attendant upon and secondary to another, greater pleasure or indulgence
4. (drama) a mute character

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Greek: δορυφόρος (doryfóros)

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δορῠφόρος (doruphóros), in the sense of “bodyguard”, equivalent to the Latin satelles. By surface analysis, δόρυ (dóry) +‎ -φόρος (-fóros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðo.riˈfo.ros/

Noun

δορυφόρος • (doryfóros) m (plural δορυφόροι)

1. (astronomy) satellite

Declension