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ἀκοντίζω

akontizo

hurl a javelin

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Where it lives

On the Cavalry Commander 4 · 6.95/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 4 · 5.76/10k
On Hunting 4 · 4.39/10k
De Mundo 2 · 3.15/10k
Hellenica 19 · 2.89/10k
Iliad 28 · 2.51/10k
Cyropaedia 19 · 2.41/10k
Regnorum I 4 · 2.16/10k
De aere aquis et locis 1 · 1.35/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀκοντ-ίζω · akont-izō — LSJ

hurl a javelin, at, use the javelin

hurl a javelin, τινός at one, Αἴαντος . . ἀκόντισε φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ Il. 14.402, cf. 8.118; also Αἵας . . ἐφʼ Ἕκτορι . . ἵετʼ ἀκοντίσσαι 16.359; ἀ. ἐς or καθʼ ὅμιλον, Od. 22.263, Il. 4.490; ἔς τινας Th. 7.40; εἰς τὸ φῶς ἐκ τοῦ σκότους X. An. 7.4.18: c. dat., of the weapon, ἦ καὶ ἀκόντισε δουρί Il. 5.533; ἀ. δουρὶ φαεινῷ ib. 611, al.; αἰχμαῖς Pi. I. 1.24: also c. acc., ἀκόντισαν ὀξέα δοῦρα Od. 22.265; ἀκοντίζουσι θαμειὰς αἰχμὰς ἐκ χειρῶν Il. 12.44, cf. 14.422: abs., use the javelin, τοξεύειν καὶ ἀ.

2 hit, strike with javelin, aim at, to be hit, wounded

after Hom., hit or strike with javelin, or simply aim at, ἀ. τὸν σῦν Hdt. 1.43, etc.:—Pass., to be hit or wounded, E. Ba. 1098, Antipho 3.1.1, X. HG 4.5.13.

3 hurl, throw, leap overboard, jettison

hurl, throw, ἑαυτούς, i.e. leap overboard, Ach.Tat. 5.7; jettison cargo, Id. 3.2: metaph., τινὰς εἰς ἄπειρον χρόνον Olymp.Alch. p.75B.

4 shoot forth rays, flash

shoot forth rays, of moon, E. Ion 1155:—Med., flash, Arist. Mu. 392b3.

metaph., μῦθον Nonn. D. 34.299; μερίμνας ἀνέμοισιν ib. 12.258.

II dart, pierce

intr., dart or pierce, metaph., of curses, εἴσω γῆς E. Or. 1241.

In the wild

ἀκοντίζειν · akontizein Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..42 (DIORISIS sentence 500)
ἀκοντίζονται · akontizontai Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 21)
ἀκοντίζεται · akontizetai Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 84)
ἀκοντίσαι · akontisai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.prologue (DIORISIS sentence 55)
ἀκοντίζειν · akontizein Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4912)
ἠκοντίζετο · ēkontizeto Euripides, Bacchae 1095–1098

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