μακροβόλος
τί δὲ βλέπεις τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, τὴν δὲ ἐν τῷ σῷ ὀφθαλμῷ δοκὸν οὐ κατανοεῖς → why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye | and why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye | why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye
English (LSJ)
ον, far-throwing, σφενδόνη Id.8.3.33 (Comp.), Eust.311.20 (Comp.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μακροβόλος: -ον, ὁ βάλλων μακράν, σφενδόνη Στράβ. 311. 20.
Greek Monolingual
-ο (AM μακροβόλος, -ον)
αυτός που βάλλει μακριά, που ρίχνει, που εξακοντίζει σε μεγάλη απόσταση («μακροβολωτέρας δ' οὔσης τῆς σφενδόνης πεσεῖν τὸν Δέγμενον», Στράβ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μακρ(ο)- + -βόλος (< βάλλω), δισκοβόλος.
