παλίντονος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[bent backward]], i.e. the opposite way to that in which they were drawn, [[τόξα]], in Hom. of the bow whether strung, <span class="bibl">Il.8.266</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">15.443</span>; or unstrung, <span class="bibl">10.459</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.21.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>511</span> (lyr.); Ἀράβιοι τόξα π. εἶχον μακρά <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.69</span>; Σκυθικὰ π. βέλη <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>161</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[back-stretched]], ἡνίαι Ar. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>1739</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[caused by opposite tensions]], π. ἁρμονίη κόσμου ὅκωσπερ λύρης καὶ τόξου <span class="bibl">Heraclit.51</span> (v.l. [[παλίντροπος]]). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">παλίντονα, τά</b>, [[military engines for throwing stones]], but not pointed missiles, = [[λιθοβόλα]], <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>91.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span>74</span>, <span class="bibl">104</span>, etc.</span>