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τοξ-ικός

toxikos

of, for the bow, archerʼs

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τοξ-ικός · tox-ikos — LSJ

of, for the bow, archerʼs

of or for the bow, τ. θῶμιγξ, ἄτρακτος, A. Pers. 460, Fr. 139; τ. στολή an archerʼs equipment, Pl. Lg. 833b; τ. κάλαμος a kind of Cretan reed used for arrows, Thphr. HP 4.11.11.

2 archery

ἡ τοξική (sc. τέχνη) archery, Pl. Smp. 197a, La. 193b, al., SIG 1060.5 (Tralles, iv/iii B.C.).

3 shot-hole, loophole

τὸ -κόν shot-hole, loophole, LXX Jd. 5.28, Sm. Ez. 40.16: so -κή (sc. θυρίς) Ph. Bel. 81.25.

II skilled in the use of the bow

of persons, skilled in the use of the bow, [Πάνδαρος] Plu. Pyth. 2.405b; τοξικώτατοι X. Cyr. 6.2.4.

III the bowmen

τὸ -κόν, collectively, the bowmen, for οἱ τοξόται, Ar. Lys. 462, D.C. 36.47; πηλίκα τοξικὰ ἔχουσι; Mim.Oxy. 413.198.

2 for smearing arrows with

τ. φάρμακον poison for smearing arrows with, Arist. Mir. 837a13, BGU 21 ii 14 (iv A. D.), Orib. Fr. 126: τὸ τ. Str. 3.4.18, Dsc. 1.106, Ael. NA 9.15: pl., Dsc. 2.79.

b venenum

= venenum, Gloss.

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