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|Full diacritics=τόξον
|Medium diacritics=τόξον
|Low diacritics=τόξον
|Capitals=ΤΟΞΟΝ
|Transliteration A=tóxon
|Transliteration B=toxon
|Transliteration C=tokson
|Beta Code=to/con
|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">bow</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.4.124</span>, etc.: freq. in pl. <b class="b3">τόξα</b> for sg., τόξ' ὤμοισιν ἔχων ἀμφηρεφέα τε φαρέτρην <span class="bibl">1.45</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.101</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>654</span>; sts. in Prose, <span class="bibl">Heraclit. 51</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.106</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PEleph.</span>5.8</span> (iii B. C.); <b class="b3">ἐτιταίνετο . . τόξα</b> drew <b class="b2">the bow</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.5.97</span>; also τόξον τιταίνει <span class="bibl">B.9.43</span>; <b class="b3">τόξον ἕλκετ'</b> (v.l. [[εἷλκεν]]) <span class="bibl">Il.11.582</span>; τόξου πῆχυν ἀνέλκειν <span class="bibl">13.583</span>; <b class="b3">τόξον τείνειν, ἐντείνειν</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>364</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>83</span>; τ . . . ἐντανύσαι <span class="bibl">Od.21.245</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.173</span>; κυκλοτερὲς μέγα τ. ἔτεινε <span class="bibl">Il.4.124</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1066</span>; <b class="b3">τόξου ῥῦμα</b> (i.e. the Persians, the bow being an oriental weapon), opp. <b class="b3">λόγχης ἰσχύς</b> (i.e. the Greeks), <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>147</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> τόξῳ <b class="b2">by guess</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>1033</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">bowmanship, archery</b>, τόξων ἐῢ εἰδώς <span class="bibl">Il.2.718</span>, al.; τόξοισιν πίσυνος <span class="bibl">5.205</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">13.716</span>; ἡ τέχνη τῶν τ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.73</span>; πρὸς τόξου κρίσιν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>266</span>; <b class="b3">τόξῳ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">νικῶν</b>) <span class="title">SIG</span>1061.10 (Samos, ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in pl. also, <b class="b2">bow and arrows</b>, τόξα πεπτεῶτ' ἄλλυδις ἄλλα <span class="bibl">Il.21.502</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.78</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>68</span>, al.; sts. in pl. for <b class="b2">the arrows</b> only, ib.<span class="bibl">652</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>815a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> metaph., <b class="b3">τόξα ἡλίου</b> its <b class="b2">rays</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span> 1090</span>; <b class="b3">ἀμπελίνοις τόξοις δαμέντες</b>, of the effects of wine, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>218</span>; τόξον μερίμνης <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span>354; <b class="b3">κότταβος . . ὃν σκοπὸν ἐς λατάγων τόξα καθιστάμεθα</b> for <b class="b2">shooting</b> of liquor from the cup, <span class="bibl">Critias 2.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">rainbow</b>, <span class="bibl">Aeschrio 4</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ge.</span>9.13</span>, Hsch. s.v. [[εἴρη]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">arch</b>, AP9.694. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">curved support, cradle</b> used in amputations, Archig. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.47.13.6</span>; part of a carriage or cart, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>2p.133</span>, <span class="bibl">3p.144</span> (iii B. C.).</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-1128.png Seite 1128]] τό, der <b class="b2">Bogen</b>, von dem man Pfeile, ὀϊστοί, ἰοί schoß; Hom., der wie Her. häufig den plur. statt des sing. braucht, τόξ' ὤμοισιν ἔχων, Il. 1, 45; der Bogen der homerischen Helden ist von Horn, ἐΰξοος 4, 105, κερόδετα Eur. Rhes. 33, gebogen, καμπύλον, παλίντονα (w. m. s.); am Ende, κορῶναι, die Sehne, [[νευρά]] od. νεῦρα βόεια, angeknüpft; beim Spannen, τιταίνειν [[τόξον]], Il. 5, 97. 8, 266, auch ἕλκειν, 11, 582, u. ἀνέλκειν, 11, 375. 13, 583 (s. die Verba), in Prosa gew. τείνειν, ἐντείνειν, auch νευρὰν ἕλκειν, faßte man ihn in der Mitte, [[πῆχυς]], Il. 11, 375, u. zog die Sehne an sich, 4, 123, so daß der Bogen kreisrund wurde, [[κυκλοτερής]], 4, 124; ἔπεχε [[τόξον]], Pind. Ol. 2, 89 u. oft, wie Tragg., die es ebenfalls im plur. brauchen, so daß es, wie bei Hom. oft, den Bogen mit den Pfeilen bedeutet, obwohl auch τόξα neben ἰοί der Bogen allein ist, Soph. Phil. 702; auch die Pfeile, ἐν τοῖς τῶν τόξων βολαῖς καὶ ἀκοντίων, Plat. Legg. VII, 815 a; vgl. Eur. Ion 524; – τόξων εὖ εἰδώς, der sich gut auf den Bogen versteht, des Bogenschusses kundig, Il. 2, 718; οἵ ῥα καὶ ἀθανάτοισιν ἐρίζεσκον περὶ τόξων, Od. 8, 225; – ἡ [[τέχνη]] τῶν τόξων, Her. 1, 73; πρὸς τόξου κρίσιν, Soph. Tr. 265. – Uebh. alles Gebogene, Gewölbte, der Bogen, das Gewölbe, Sp.
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