Doso

One man, Ali -- surnamed "Doso," because he did nothing but eat, drink, and stand over the fire -- determined to leave us: as, however, he had received a Tobe for pay, we put a veto upon that proceeding.

First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855

Doso is my name, for my stately mother gave it me.

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

Ali — surnamed “Doso,” because he did nothing but eat, drink, and stand over the fire — determined to leave us: as, however, he had received a Tobe for pay, we put a veto upon that proceeding.

First footsteps in East Africa 2003

Doso is my name, for my stately mother gave it me.

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Hesiod

They went to their mother and they told her of the stranger-woman whose name was Doso.

Part I. The Voyage to Colchis. Chapter IX. The Lemnian Maidens. III 1921