προβόλαιον

From LSJ

ὣς ὁ μὲν ἔνθ' ἀπόλωλεν, ἐπεὶ πίεν ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ → so there he perished, when he had drunk the salt water

Source

German (Pape)

[Seite 712] τό, = πρόβλημα, bes. vorgehaltene Waffe, Schild oder Speer, Orak. bei Her. 7, 148, wo die mss. τὸν προβ. haben.