Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

δοῦπος (doûpos) +‎ -έω (-éō); earlier *γδουπέω (*gdoupéō) as shown by augmented aorist forms beginning ἐγδ- (egd-) as well as the prefixed form ἐπιγδουπέω (epigdoupéō).

Pronunciation edit

 

Verb edit

δουπέω (doupéō)

  1. to fall with a thud, to crash (collide, fall or come down violently)

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Further reading edit

  • δουπέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • δουπέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • δουπέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press