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γρόσφος

grosphos

throwing spear

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What it meant

1. γρόσφος · grosphos — Beekes

γρόσφος [m.] ‘throwing spear’ (Plb.); οἱ ypoo@opaxor ‘javelin-fighters’ = Lat. velites (Plb.). «Ὁ eVAR κρόσφος (Eust.). *ETYM A technical term borrowed from an unknown source; note that the word is late. 288 γρῦ — [Beekes, s.v. γρόσφος, p. 334]

2. γρόσφος · grosphos — Frisk

γρόσφος m. Benennung eines Wurfspeers (Plb., Str., Plu.); οἱ yooopouayoı = lat. velites (Plb.). — Technisches LW unbekannter Herkunft. — [Frisk, s.v. γρόσφος, p. 360]

3. γρόσφος · grosphos — LSJ

javelin

a kind of javelin, Plb. 6.22.4, Str. 4.4.3, Plu. Sull. 18.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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