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τόξον

toxon

bow

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Where it lives

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What it meant

1. τόξον · toxon — Beekes

τόξον [n.] ‘bow’, plur. ‘shooting device(s), (bows and) arrows’ (Il.). On the plur. see Schwyzer 1950: 43 and 51, Chantraine 1953: 31f. «ΡΟ» *DIAL Myc. to-ko-so-ta = τοξότας, to-ko-so-wo-ko. *COMP τοξοφόρος [m., f.] ‘bearing the bow, bowbearer’, epithet of Apollo, Artemis and others (epic poet. ᾧ 483, also Hdt.), τοξόκλυτος ‘famous for the bow’ (Pi. B.), also κλυτότοξος ‘having a famous bow’, epithet of Apollo … — [Beekes, s.v. τόξον, p. 1544]

2. τόξον · toxon — Chantraine

τόξον Σ n. «arc», souvent au pl. τόξα parce qu’on pense à l’attirail que constituent l'arc, les flèches, etc., cf. Schwyzer, Gr. Gr. ὦ, 43 et 51, Chantraine, Gr. Hom. ἃ, 31; parfois au figuré pour les rayons du soleil, etc. (Hom., ion.-att., ete.). Composés assez nombreux mycén. {okosowoko τὸ roËoFopyéc « fabricant d'arcs », τοξο-δόλος (AP), -δάμας (Æsch.), -δαμνος (Æsch., E.), -xAvroc (Pi, B.), τοξουλκός « qui tire … — [Chantraine, s.v. τόξον, p. 1143]

3. τόξον · toxon — Frisk

τόξον τι. Βοροπ᾽, pl. "Schießgerät(e), (Bogen und) Pfeile’ (seit Il.; zum Plur. Schwyzer-Debrunner 43 u. 51, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 2, 31f.). Kompp., z.B. τοξο-φόρος m.f. “den Bogen tragend, Bogenträger(in)’, Beiw. des Apollon, der Artemis u.a. (ep. poet. seit 8483, auch Hdt.), τοξό-κλυτος “bogenberühmt’ (Pi., B.), auch κλυτό-τοξος eig. “mit berühmtem Bogen’, Beiw. des Apollon (Hom., B.) wie z.B. ἀγκυλότοξος “mit … — [Frisk, s.v. τόξον, p. 1881]

4. τόξον · toxon — LSJ

bow, the bow

bow, Il. 4.124, etc.: freq. in pl. τόξα for sg., τόξʼ ὤμοισιν ἔχων ἀμφηρεφέα τε φαρέτρην 1.45, al., cf. Pi. P. 3.101, S. Ph. 654; sts. in Prose, Heraclit. 51, Hdt. 2.106, PEleph. 5.8 (iii B. C.); ἐτιταίνετο . . τόξα drew the bow, Il. 5.97; also τόξον τιταίνει B. 9.43; τόξον ἕλκετʼ (v.l. εἷλκεν) Il. 11.582; τόξου πῆχυν ἀνέλκειν 13.583; τόξον τείνειν, ἐντείνειν, A. Ag. 364 (anap.), Fr. 83; τ . . . ἐντανύσαι Od. 21.245, cf. Hdt. 2.173; κυκλοτερὲς μέγα τ. ἔτεινε Il. 4.124, cf. E. Ba. 1066; τόξου ῥῦμ

2 by guess

τόξῳ by guess, Id. Ch. 1033.

3 bowmanship, archery

bowmanship, archery, τόξων ἐῢ εἰδώς Il. 2.718, al.; τόξοισιν πίσυνος 5.205, cf. 13.716; ἡ τέχνη τῶν τ. Hdt. 1.73; πρὸς τόξου κρίσιν S. Tr. 266; τόξῳ (sc. νικῶν) SIG 1061.10 (Samos, ii B. C.).

II bow and arrows, the arrows

in pl. also, bow and arrows, τόξα πεπτεῶτʼ ἄλλυδις ἄλλα Il. 21.502, cf. Hdt. 3.78, S. Ph. 68, al.; sts. in pl. for the arrows only, ib. 652, Pl. Lg. 815a.

III rays, shooting

metaph., τόξα ἡλίου its rays, E. HF 1090; ἀμπελίνοις τόξοις δαμέντες, of the effects of wine, Pi. Fr. 218; τόξον μερίμνης Trag.Adesp. 354; κότταβος . . ὃν σκοπὸν ἐς λατάγων τόξα καθιστάμεθα for shooting of liquor from the cup, Critias 2.2.

IV rainbow

rainbow, Aeschrio 4, LXX Ge. 9.13, Hsch. s.v. εἴρη.

2 arch

arch, AP 9.694.

3 curved support, cradle

curved support, cradle used in amputations, Archig. ap. Orib. 47.13.6; part of a carriage or cart, PPetr. 2p.133, 3p.144 (iii B. C.).

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τόξον (scan p. 1544; entry #6109).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. τόξον (scan pp. 1143-1144; entry #8063).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τόξον (scan pp. 1881-1882; entry #5703).

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