τοξικός
μηδέν' ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών → Count no man blessed 'til he's passed the endpoint of his life without grievous suffering. (Sophocles, King Oedipus 1529f.)
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A of or for the bow, τ. θῶμιγξ, ἄτρακτος, A.Pers.460, Fr.139; τ. στολή an archer's equipment, Pl.Lg.833b; τ. κάλαμος a kind of Cretan reed used for arrows, Thphr.HP4.11.11. 2 ἡ τοξική (sc. τέχνη) archery, Pl. Smp.197a, La.193b, al., SIG1060.5 (Tralles, iv/iii B.C.). 3 τὸ -κόν shot-hole, loophole, LXXJd.5.28, Sm.Ez.40.16: so -κή (sc. θυρίς) Ph.Bel.81.25. II of persons, skilled in the use of the bow, [Πάνδαρος] Plu.2.405b; τοξικώτατοι X.Cyr.6.2.4. III τὸ -κόν, collectively, the bowmen, for οἱ τοξόται, Ar.Lys.462, D.C.36.47; πηλίκα τοξικὰ ἔχουσι; Mim.Oxy.413.198. 2 τ. φάρμακον poison for smearing arrows with, Arist.Mir.837a13, BGU21 ii 14 (iv A. D.), Orib.Fr.126: τὸ τ. Str.3.4.18, Dsc.1.106, Ael.NA9.15: pl., Dsc.2.79. b = venenum, Gloss.
