A). δοράτεσσι Q.S. 6.363 : Ep. and 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. OC 620 , 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 AP 6.97 ( Antiphil.). Exc. sg. δόρυ, Hom. uses only the 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. HG 4.3.17 ; 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. HG 6.5.18 ; 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. BC 4.8 ; 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.)