ἀκοντιστής
κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν → bend back along the second turn of the race, turning the bend and coming back for the second leg of the double run, run the homeward course, retrace one's steps
English (LSJ)
οῦ, ὁ,
A darter, javelin-man, Il.16.328, Od.18.262, Hdt.8.90, A.Pers.52, Th.3.97, Theoc.17.55, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 77] οῦ, ὁ, Speerwerfer, Hom. zweimal, ἀκοντισταί Iliad. 16, 328, ἀκοντιστάς Od. 18, 262; – bei Xen. oft mit τοξόται u. σφενδονῆται verbunden. – Adj. πέτρος ἀκ. στήθεος, ein Fels, der die Brust trifft, Agath. 77 (IX, 204); μόχθος ἀκ. ἑκηβολίης, vom Netzauswerfen, Iul. Aeg. 8 (VI, 26).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκοντιστής: -οῦ, ὁ, ὁ ῥίπτων ἀκόντιον, Ἰλ. ΙΙ. 328, Ὀδ. Σ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ (ὁ) :
v. ἀκοντιστήρ.
English (Autenrieth)
javelin-thrower, javelin-hurling, as adj. Il. 16.328.
Spanish (DGE)
-οῦ, ὁ
• Prosodia: [ᾰ-]
1 tirador de jabalina o venablo ἀκοντιστὰς ἠδὲ ῥυτῆρας ὀϊστῶν Od.18.262, cf. Il.16.328, Hdt.8.90, A.Pers.52, Th.3.97, Theoc.17.55, Plu.Marc.12.4, Plb.2.30.1, 5.82.11, 3.69.8, Luc.DMort.12.2, D.C.53.25.6
•en certámenes agon. IG 12(5).647.28 (Ceos III a.C.), IG 22.766.46 (III a.C.), 1028.52 (I a.C.).
2 que hiere como un dardo c. gen. πέτρος ἀ. στήθεος AP 9.204 (Agath.).
