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δουπέω

δουπέω, to sound heavy

δουπέω, fut. -ήσω AP 9.427 (s. v. l., Barb.): Ep. aor. δούπησα Il. 4.504, al.; also ἐγδούπησα (from γδουπέω) 11.45: pf. δέδουπα 23.679, Nic. Al. 15, A.R. 1.1304, Euph. 40; not freq. exc. in Ep.: (δοῦπος):—
  • Αsound heavy or dead; in Hom., 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. A.R. 1.1304, Euph. 40; δουπεῖ χεὶρ γυναικῶν falls with heavy sound upon their breasts, E. Alc. 104 (lyr.); of rowers, κώπῃ δουπεῖν dub. in AP 9.427 (Barb.); of soldiers, strike heavily, ταῖς ἀσπίσι πρὸς τὰ δόρατα ἐδούπησαν X. An. 1.8.18; τοῖς δόρασι δ. πρὸς τὰς ἀσπίδας Arr. An. 1.6.4:—Pass., aor. δουπήθησαν AP 9.283 (Crin.).—Rare in Prose, cf. Luc. Hist.Conscr. 22. (Said to be Cypr., AB 1095.)

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