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προβόλαιος

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Sophocles, Fragment 698
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Transliteration A: probólaios Transliteration B: probolaios Transliteration C: provolaios Beta Code: probo/laios

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A held out before one, levelled, in rest, δούρατι προβολαίῳ Theoc.24.125; προβόλαιος alone, = πρόβολος 11, εἴσω τὸν π. ἔχων Orac. ap. Hdt.7.148.

German (Pape)

[Seite 712] = πρόβολος; δόρυ, vorgehaltener, vorgestreckter Speer, Theocr. 24, 123, δούρατι δὲ προβολαίῳ ἀνδρὸς ὀρέξασθαι.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

προβόλαιος: -ον, προτεταμένος πρό τινος, προβολαίῳ δούρατι Θεόκρ. 24. 123· καὶ μόνον προβόλαιος, ὡς τὸ πρόβολος ΙΙ, εἴσω τὸν πρ. ἔχων Χρησμ. παρ’ Ἡροδ. 7. 148, ἔνθα ἴδε Schweigh.