πετροβόλος
From LSJ
Κρόνου καὶ Ἰαπετοῦ ἀρχαιότερος → more ancient than Cronos and Iapetus, ante-preadamite, antediluvian
English (LSJ)
(parox.), ον,
A throwing stones, X.HG2.4.12. II Subst. πετροβόλος, ὁ, engine for throwing stones, Plb.5.4.6, LXXJb.41.19, Ath.Mech.34.2, etc.; distd. from καταπέλτης, Plb.8.7.2 (but καταπέλτας ὀξυβελεῖς τε καὶ πετροβόλους D.S.18.51, cf. IG22.468.1): neut. πετροβόλα (sc. ὄργανα), opp. δορυβόλα, J.AJ9.10.3. 2 sling, v.l. in LXX 1 Ki.14.14. III λίθοι πετρόβολοι hurled as from a sling, of hailstones, ib.Ez.13.11, 13.
German (Pape)
[Seite 606] Steine werfend, schleudernd, Xen. Hell. 2, 4, 12; von den Ballisten, Pol. 5, 4, 6. 8, 9, 2.
