Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πετροβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πετροβόλος πετροβόλον

Structure: πετροβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ba/llw

Sense

  1. throwing stones
  2. an engine for throwing stones

Examples

  • ἔτι δὲ πρὸσ τούτοισ μηχανήματα πολλὰ πρὸσ πολιορκίασ κατεσκεύασε πετρόβολά τε καὶ δορύβολα καὶ ἁρ́παγασ [καὶ ἀρτῆρασ] καὶ ὅσα τούτοισ ὅμοια. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 9 272:2)

Synonyms

  1. throwing stones

  2. an engine for throwing stones

Related

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

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