Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λιθοβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιθοβόλος λιθοβόλον

Structure: λιθοβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: cf. liqo/bolos

Sense

  1. throwing stones, pelting with stones, stone-throwers
  2. an engine for hurling stones

Examples

  • γενοίμεθ’ ὧδε ματέρεσ γενοίμεθ’ εὔτεκνοι, φίλα Παλλάσ, ἃ δράκοντοσ αἷμα λιθόβολον κατειργάσω, Καδμείαν μέριμναν ὁρμήσασ’ ἐπ’ ἔργον, ὅθεν ἐπέσυτο τάνδε γαῖαν ἁρπαγαῖσι δαιμόνων τισ ἄτα. (Euripides, Phoenissae, choral, antistrophe 15)

Synonyms

  1. throwing stones

  2. an engine for hurling stones

Derived

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

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