Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τοξοβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τοξοβόλος τοξοβόλον

Structure: τοξοβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ba/llw

Sense

  1. shooting with the bow

Examples

  • Τοξοβόλον τὸν Ἔρωτα τίσ ἔξεσεν ἐκ λιβανωτοῦ, τόν ποτε μηδ’ αὐτοῦ Ζηνὸσ ἀποσχόμενον; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1791)

Synonyms

  1. shooting with the bow

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

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