τόξον
σιγᾶν ἄμεινον ἢ λαλεῖν ἃ μὴ πρέπει → it's better to keep silence than to say what's not appropriate (Menander)
English (LSJ)
τό,
A bow, Il.4.124, etc.: freq. in pl. τόξα for sg., τόξ' ὤμοισιν ἔχων ἀμφηρεφέα τε φαρέτρην 1.45, al., cf. Pi.P.3.101, S.Ph.654; sts. in Prose, Heraclit. 51, Hdt.2.106, PEleph.5.8 (iii B. C.); ἐτιταίνετο . . τόξα drew the bow, Il.5.97; also τόξον τιταίνει B.9.43; τόξον ἕλκετ' (v.l. εἷλκεν) Il.11.582; τόξου πῆχυν ἀνέλκειν 13.583; τόξον τείνειν, ἐντείνειν, A.Ag.364 (anap.), Fr.83; τ . . . ἐντανύσαι Od.21.245, cf. Hdt.2.173; κυκλοτερὲς μέγα τ. ἔτεινε Il.4.124, cf. E.Ba.1066; τόξου ῥῦμα (i.e. the Persians, the bow being an oriental weapon), opp. λόγχης ἰσχύς (i.e. the Greeks), A.Pers.147 (anap.). 2 τόξῳ by guess, Id.Ch.1033. 3 bowmanship, archery, τόξων ἐῢ εἰδώς Il.2.718, al.; τόξοισιν πίσυνος 5.205, cf. 13.716; ἡ τέχνη τῶν τ. Hdt.1.73; πρὸς τόξου κρίσιν S.Tr.266; τόξῳ (sc. νικῶν) SIG1061.10 (Samos, ii B. C.). II in pl. also, bow and arrows, τόξα πεπτεῶτ' ἄλλυδις ἄλλα Il.21.502, cf. Hdt.3.78, S.Ph.68, al.; sts. in pl. for the arrows only, ib.652, Pl.Lg.815a. III metaph., τόξα ἡλίου its rays, E.HF 1090; ἀμπελίνοις τόξοις δαμέντες, of the effects of wine, Pi.Fr.218; τόξον μερίμνης Trag.Adesp.354; κότταβος . . ὃν σκοπὸν ἐς λατάγων τόξα καθιστάμεθα for shooting of liquor from the cup, Critias 2.2. IV rainbow, Aeschrio 4, LXXGe.9.13, Hsch. s.v. εἴρη. 2 arch, AP9.694. 3 curved support, cradle used in amputations, Archig. ap. Orib.47.13.6; part of a carriage or cart, PPetr.2p.133, 3p.144 (iii B. C.).
