ἰθυβόλος
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English (LSJ)
ἰθυβόλον, straight-hitting, ἀκόντιον Apollod.3.15.1: Sup. ἰθυβολώτατος, ἀκοντιστής J.BJ1.21.13: metaph., sagacious, φύσις Dam.Isid.160.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1245] gerade treffend, ἀκόντιον Apolld. 3, 15; – ἰθύβολος, gerade getroffen?
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἰθῠβόλος: -ον, ὁ κατ’ εὐθεῖαν βάλλων, κτυπῶν, ἀκόντιον Ἀπολλόδ. 3. 15· εὐθύς, Βυζ.
Greek Monolingual
ἰθυβόλος, -ον (Α)
1. αυτός που βάλλει κατευθείαν, που ρίχνει ίσια και πετυχαίνει τον σκοπό του
2. νοήμονος, συνετός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἰθύς (Ι) + -βόλος (< βόλος < βάλλω), πρβλ. ακοντοβόλος, πυροβόλος.
