Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀϊστοβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀϊστοβόλος ὀϊστοβόλον

Structure: ὀϊστοβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ba/llw

Sense

  1. arrow-shooting

Examples

  • δοκέω δὲ ποτὶ σκοπὸν ἰθὺν ἐλάσσειν ἰόν, Κρηταιεὺσ ὥσ τισ ὀιστοβόλοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 427 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. arrow-shooting

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

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