δουπέω
doupeo
sound heavy
Appears 24 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
δουπέω, fut. -ήσω AP 9.427 (s. v. l., ): Ep. aor. δούπησα Il. 4.504, al.; also ἐγδούπησα (from γδουπέω) 11.45: pf. δέδουπα 23.679, Al. 15, 1.1304, 40; not freq. exc. in Ep.: (δοῦπος):—Α. sound heavy or dead; in , of the heavy thud of a corpse, opp. the clashing of the armour, δούπησεν δὲ πεσών, ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχεʼ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ Il. 4.504, al.; ἢ αὐτὸς δουπῆσαι ἀμύνων λοιγὸν Ἀχαιοῖς 13.426; δεδουπότος Οἰδιπόδαο 23.679, cf. 1.1304, 40; δουπεῖ χεὶρ γυναικῶν falls with heavy sound upon their breasts, Alc. 104 (lyr.); of rowers, κώπῃ δουπεῖν dub. in AP 9.427 (); of soldiers, strike heavily, ταῖς ἀσπίσι πρὸς τὰ δόρατα ἐδούπησαν An. 1.8.18; τοῖς δόρασι δ. πρὸς τὰς ἀσπίδας An. 1.6.4:—Pass., aor. δουπήθησαν AP 9.283 ().—Rare in Prose, cf. Hist.Conscr. 22. (Said to be , AB 1095.)
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