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{{Autenrieth
|auten=([[οἴσω]], [[φέρω]]): [[arrow]]. Made of [[wood]], or a [[reed]], [[with]] [[barbed]] [[metal]] [[point]], the [[lower]] [[end]] [[feathered]] and notched (γλυφίδες), or [[with]] projections, enabling the fingers to [[take]] a [[firm]] [[hold]] on the [[arrow]] in [[drawing]]. Poisoned arrows are mentioned only [[exceptionally]], Od. 1.261, Il. 4.213.
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{{Slater
|sltr=[[ὀιστός]] [[arrow]] met., of [[song]]. [[τίνα]] βάλλομεν εὐκλέας ὀιστοὺς ἱέντες; (O. 2.90) πτερόεντα δ' [[ἵει]] γλυκὺν Πυθῶνάδ ὀιστόν (O. 9.12)
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{{mdlsj
|mdlsjtxt=<br />an [[arrow]], Hom., Hes., etc. [deriv. uncertain]
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{{lxth
|lthtxt=''[[sagitta]]'', [[arrow]], [https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.75.5/ 2.75.5], [https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.40.2/ 4.40.2], [https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.48.8/ 4.48.8].
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