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ἀκοντ-ιστήρ

akontister · ὁ

darting, hurtling

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What it meant

ἀκοντ-ιστήρ · akont-istēr — LSJ

= -ιστής, E. Ph. 142.

II darting, hurtling, bullets

as Adj., darting, hurtling, τρίαινα Opp. H. 5.535: metaph., μαζοὶ ἀ. ἐρώτων Nonn. D. 7.264:—also in pass. sense, θύρσος, λᾶας, 24.134, 30.230; ἀκοντιστῆρες μόλυβοι prob. bullets, Keil-Premerstein Dritter Bericht p. 89.

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