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τόξον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τόξον τόξου

Structure: τοξ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: tugxa/nw

Sense

  1. bow (weapon for shooting arrows)
  2. rainbow
  3. arc
  4. anything which is bowed or arched

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐβαρύνθη ὁ πόλεμοσ ἐπὶ Σαούλ, καὶ εὗρον αὐτὸν οἱ τοξόται ἐν τόξοισ καὶ πόνοισ, καὶ ἐπόνεσεν ἀπὸ τῶν τόξων. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 10:3)
  • ἐκεῖ συνέτριψε τὰ κράτη τῶν τόξων, ὅπλον καὶ ρομφαίαν καὶ πόλεμον. . (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 75:4)
  • πελαζόντων δὲ ἤδη ὡσ μέγιστον καὶ φοβερώτατον ἀλαλάζειν σύμπαντασ τῷ Ἐνυαλίῳ, καὶ βέλη τε ἀπὸ μηχανῶν καὶ λίθουσ ἀφίεσθαι καὶ βέλη ἀπὸ τόξων, καὶ τὰσ λόγχασ οἱ λογχοφόροι ἀκοντιζόντων, οἵ τε ψιλοὶ καὶ οἱ θειασταί. (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 34:2)
  • ἄγε νυν ὄλβιζε Μοῦσα χρυσέων ῥύτορα τόξων Φοῖβον, ὃσ ἱδρύσατο χώρασ γύαλα Σιμουντίδι γᾷ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, lyric5)
  • κέλευε πάντασ ἀσπιδηφόρουσ ἵππων τ’ ἀπαντᾶν ταχυπόδων ἐπεμβάτασ πέλτασ θ’ ὅσοι πάλλουσι καὶ τόξων χερὶ ψάλλουσι νευράσ, ὡσ ἐπιστρατεύσομεν βάκχαισιν· (Euripides, episode, trochees 10:6)

Synonyms

  1. bow

  2. rainbow

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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