πυροβολώ

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αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point

Source

Greek Monolingual

(I)
-έω, Α
σπέρνω σιτάρι.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πυρός «σίτος» + -βολῶ (< -βόλος < βάλλω), πρβλ. λιθο-βολώ].———————— (II)
-έω, Ν πυροβόλος
1. (αμτβ.) βάλλω με πυροβόλο όπλο
2. (μτβ.) κατευθύνω εναντίον κάποιου τη βολή πυροβόλου όπλου («τον πυροβόλησε σχεδόν εξ επαφής»).