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κορωνοβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κορωνοβόλος κορωνοβόλον

Structure: κορωνοβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ba/llw

Sense

  1. shooting crows, a sling or bow for crow-shooting

Examples

  • εἶχε κορωνοβόλον πενίησ λιμηρὸν Ἀρίστων ὄργανον, ᾧ πτηνὰσ ἠκροβόλιζε χένασ, ἦκα παραστείχων δολίην ὁδόν, οἱο͂σ ἐκείνασ ψεύσασθαι λοξοῖσ ὄμμασι φερβομένασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 5461)

Synonyms

  1. shooting crows

Similar forms

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

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