COMPOUND: ἱστοδόκη, -ης
CATEGORIZATION: N [N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘a piece of wood standing up from the stern, on which the mast rested when let down’
ETYMOLOGY: noun stem ἱστο- (ἱστός) ‘mast’ + verbal root δοκ- (δέκομαι) ‘receive, take’ + f. noun suf. -η
OCCURRENCE: Il. I, 434
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: dat. f. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (argument-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
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