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τόξ-ευμα

toxeuma · τό

arrow, bow-shot, an arrow

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

τόξ-ευμα · tox-euma — LSJ

arrow, bow-shot, an arrow, shot, arrows, missile

arrow, Hdt. 4.132, al., S. Fr. 427, E. Fr. 455, Dsc. 3.32; τρωθεὶς εἰς τὸμ πλεύμονα τοξεύματι IG 42(1).122.56 (Epid., iv B. C.); ὅσον τ. ἐξικνέεται the distance of a bow-shot, Hdt. 4.139; πρὶν τ. ἐξικνεῖσθαι before an arrow reached them, X. An. 1.8.19; ἐπειδὴ εἰς τ. ἀφίκοιντο came within shot, Id. Cyr. 1.4.23; ἐντὸς τοξεύματος ibid., E. HF 991; ἔξω τοξεύματος Th. 7.30; ἔβαλλον Βακχίου τοξεύμασι κάρα γέροντος, of the cottabus, E. Fr. 562; φαρέτρα τοξευμάτων a quiverful of arrows (as a prize), IG

II force of archers

collective in pl. for οἱ τοξόται, force of archers, Hdt. 6.112, Plu. Pyrrh. 21.

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