βελοσφενδόνη
From LSJ
τὸ δὲ ποιεῖν ἄνευ νοῦ ἃ δοκεῖ καὶ σὺ ὁμολογεῖς κακὸν εἶναι: ἢ οὔ → but doing what one thinks fit without intelligence is—as you yourself admit, do you not?—an evil
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A dart wrapped with pitch and tow, and thrown while on fire from an engine, Plu.Sull.18.
German (Pape)
[Seite 441] ἡ, Pfeilschleuder; bes. mit Werg umwickelte u. mit Pech bestrichene Brandpfeile, Plut. Sull. 18; vgl. Liv. 21, 8, falarica.
