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ἀκρόβολος

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Full diacritics: ἀκρόβολος Medium diacritics: ἀκρόβολος Low diacritics: ακρόβολος Capitals: ΑΚΡΟΒΟΛΟΣ
Transliteration A: akróbolos Transliteration B: akrobolos Transliteration C: akrovolos Beta Code: a)kro/bolos

English (LSJ)

ον, Pass., A struck from afar, A.Th.158. II ἀκρο-βόλος, ὁ, one who throws from afar, skirmisher, IG5(1).1426.10 (Messene, iv/iii B. C.), Hsch., Suid.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
frappé de loin.
Étymologie: ἄκρος, βάλλω.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀκρόβολος: поражаемый сверху (ἐπάλξεις Aesch.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀκρόβολος: -ον, παθ. ὁ μακρόθεν πληγείς, Αἰσχύλ. Θήβ. 158. ΙΙ. ἀκροβόλος, ὁ, ὁ μακρόθεν βάλλων, «ἀκοντιστής, τοξότης», Ἡσύχ., Σουΐδ.

Greek Monotonic

ἀκρόβολος: -ον (βάλλω), Παθ., αυτός που έχει πληγεί, χτυπηθεί από μακριά, σε Αισχύλ.
II. Ενεργ., ἀκροβόλος, (παροξ.) , τοξότης, ακοντιστής.

Middle Liddell

βάλλω
pass., struck from afar, Aesch.

German (Pape)

ἐπάλξεις Aesch. Spt. 143, von oben, fern getroffen.