Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τηλεβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τηλεβόλος τηλεβόλον

Structure: τηλεβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ba/llw

Sense

  1. striking from afar

Examples

  • δηλοῖ δὲ καὶ τοῦτο ἐν τῷ Ἀμαρυνθίῳ στήλη τισ φράζουσα μὴ χρῆσθαι τηλεβόλοισ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 1 17:8)

Synonyms

  1. striking from afar

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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