Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκρόβολος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκρόβολος ἀκρόβολη ἀκρόβολον

Structure: ἀκροβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ba/llw

Sense

  1. struck from afar

Examples

  • ἒ ἒ ἒ ἔ, ἀκροβόλων δ’ ἐπάλξεων λιθὰσ ἔρχεται· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 21)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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