ὀιστός

Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep

English (Autenrieth)

(οἴσω, φέρω): arrow. Made of wood, or a reed, with barbed metal point, the lower end feathered and notched (γλυφίδες), or with projections, enabling the fingers to take a firm hold on the arrow in drawing. Poisoned arrows are mentioned only exceptionally, Od. 1.261, Il. 4.213.

ὀιστός arrow met., of song. τίνα βάλλομεν εὐκλέας ὀιστοὺς ἱέντες; (O. 2.90) πτερόεντα δ' ἵει γλυκὺν Πυθῶνάδ ὀιστόν (O. 9.12)

an arrow, Hom., Hes., etc. [deriv. uncertain]