βελο-σφενδόνη · belo-sphendonē — LSJ
dart wrapped with pitch and tow, and thrown while on fire from an engine
dart wrapped with pitch and tow, and thrown while on fire from an engine, Plu. Sull. 18.
The corpus record
βελο-σφενδόνη
belosphendone · ἡ
dart wrapped with pitch and tow, and thrown while on fire from an engine
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