The corpus record

λῐθοβόλ-ος

lithobolos

throwing stones, pelting with stones

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant

λῐθοβόλ-ος · lithobol-os — LSJ

throwing stones, pelting with stones, stone-throwers

throwing stones, pelting with stones: -βόλοι, οἱ, stone-throwers, distd. from σφενδονῆται, Th. 6.69, cf. J. BJ 3.7.18; γυμνῆτες λ. καὶ ἀκοντισταί Pl. Criti. 119b: sg., as winner of a contest, SIG 1061.6, 19 (Samos, ii B.C.).

2 engine for hurling stones

-βόλος, ὁ, engine for hurling stones, Plb. 8.5.2, Moschio ap. Ath. 5.208c, Ath. Mech. 18.6; distd. from καταπέλτης, D.S. 20.48; also -βόλον, τό, LXX 1 Ma. 6.51, J. BJ 5.6.3; in full, λ. μηχαναί ib. 4.9.12.

II struck with stones, stoned

proparox. λιθόβολος, ον, Pass., struck with stones, stoned, E. Ph. 1063 (lyr.).

In the wild

λιθοβόλα · lithobola Septuaginta, Machabaeorum I 6
λιθοβόλοι · lithoboloi Thucydides, History 6.69.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4502)

Where it came from

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