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ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
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English (LSJ)
Dor. ἑκᾱβόλος, ον, (ἑκών, βάλλω)
A attaining his aim, epith. of Apollo, Il. 1.14, al. ; also Ἑκηβόλος alone, ib. 96, h.Ap.45, Pi. Pae.9.38, al. ; of Artemis, S. Fr.401 ; ἑκηβόλοι Διὸς χέρες E. Ion 213 (lyr.) ; τόξα A. Pr.711, Eu.628 ; σφενδόναι E. Ph.1142 ; ἔθνος ὀϊστῶν Opp. H.4.205 ; in later Prose, ἑ. βέλη Plb.13.3.4 ; μάχαι D.H. 10.16 ; ἑ. ἄνδρες Plu. Luc.28 ; τὰ ἑ. Onos. 20.1 ; τοξεύματα, ὅπλα, Ael. Tact.2.8, Arr. Tact.3.3 ; τοξόται καὶ ἑκηβόλοι Agath.3.17 : Dor. Sup. ἑκαβολέστατος Archyt. ap. Iamb. Protr.4. Adv. -ιως, τοξεύειν Ath. 1.25d. (Understood by later writers as far-shooting (ἑκάς).)
