τοξικός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τοξική, τοξικόν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> of or for the [[bow]], <b class="b3">τ. θῶμιγξ, ἄτρακτος</b>, A.''Pers.''460, ''Fr.''139; <b class="b3">τ. στολή</b> an [[archer's]] equipment, Pl.''Lg.''833b; <b class="b3">τ. κάλαμος</b> a kind of Cretan reed used for arrows, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 4.11.11.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἡ τοξική</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[τέχνη]]) [[archery]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 197a, ''La.''193b, al., ''SIG''1060.5 (Tralles, iv/iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[τὸ τοξικόν]] = [[shot-hole]], [[loophole]], [[LXX]] ''Jd.''5.28, Sm.''Ez.''40.16: so τοξική (''[[sc.]]'' [[θυρίς]]) Ph.''Bel.''81.25.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of persons, [[skilled in the use of the bow]], ([[Πάνδαρος]]) Plu.2.405b; τοξικώτατοι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.2.4.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[τὸ τοξικόν]], collectively, the [[bowmen]], for [[οἱ τοξόται]], Ar.''Lys.''462, D.C.36.47; πηλίκα τοξικὰ ἔχουσι; ''Mim.Oxy.''413.198.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τ. φάρμακον</b> poison [[for smearing arrows with]], Arist.''Mir.''837a13, ''BGU''21 ii 14 (iv A. D.), Orib.''Fr.''126: τὸ τ. Str.3.4.18, Dsc.1.106, Ael.''NA''9.15: pl., Dsc.2.79.<br><span class="bld">b</span> = [[venenum]], ''Glossaria''.