δόρυ n, τό Εpic decl. δούρατος, -ι, pl., δούρατα, δούρασι, also δουρός, -ι, du. -ε, pl δοῦρα δούρων δούρεσσι; gen.δορός, in Attic Poets, from same Root as δρῦς a stem, tree, Od.:—commonly a plank or beam, Hom.; δόρυ νήϊον a shipʼs plank, Hom.:— hence, a ship is called δόρυ, like Lat. trabs, Aesch., Eur. the shaft of a spear, Il.: then, generally, a spear, pike, Hom., etc.; εἰς δόρυ ἀφικνεῖσθαι to come within a spearʼs throw, Xen.; ἐπὶ δόρυ to the spear-side, i. e. the right hand, opp. to ἐπʼ ἀσπίδα, Xen.:—also, the pole of a standard, Xen. metaph., δουρὶ κτεατίζειν to win wealth by the spear, il.; δορὶ ἑλεῖν Thuc.; in Trag. to express an armed force.