ἑκηβόλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. ἑκᾱβόλος, ον, (ἑκών, βάλλω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[attaining his aim]], epith. of Apollo, <span class="bibl">Il. 1.14</span>, al.; also [[Ἑκηβόλος]] alone, ib. <span class="bibl">96</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>45</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">Pae.</span>9.38</span>, al.; of Artemis, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Fr.</span>401</span>; ἑκηβόλοι Διὸς χέρες <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Ion</span> 213</span> (lyr.); τόξα <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>711</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>628</span>; σφενδόναι <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Ph.</span>1142</span>; ἔθνος ὀϊστῶν <span class="bibl">Opp. <span class="title">H.</span>4.205</span>; in later Prose, ἑ. βέλη <span class="bibl">Plb.13.3.4</span>; μάχαι <span class="bibl">D.H. 10.16</span>; ἑ. ἄνδρες <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Luc.</span>28</span>; τὰ ἑ. <span class="bibl">Onos. 20.1</span>; [[τοξεύματα]], [[ὅπλα]], <span class="bibl">Ael. <span class="title">Tact.</span>2.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr. <span class="title">Tact.</span>3.3</span>; τοξόται καὶ ἑκηβόλοι <span class="bibl">Agath.3.17</span> : Dor. Sup. ἑκαβολέστατος Archyt. ap. <span class="bibl">Iamb. <span class="title">Protr.</span>4</span>. Adv. -ιως, τοξεύειν <span class="bibl">Ath. 1.25d</span>. (Understood by later writers as [[far-shooting]] (ἑκάς).)</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[ἑκάς]], [[βάλλω]]<br />far-darting, far-[[shooting]], epith. of [[Apollo]], Il.