Δορυφόροι

spear-carriers

Translated by Catharine Roth6 Feb 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Meaning] guards, attendants of a king/emperor, shield-carriers, hypaspists.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δορυφόροι· φύλακες, ὑπηρέται βασιλέως, ὁπλοφόροι, ὑπασπισταί.

Betacode

*dorufo/roi: fu/lakes, u(phre/tai basile/ws, o(plofo/roi, u(paspistai/.

Same or similar entry in other lexica.
For the verb cognate with this (nominative plural) headword see already delta 1402.