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Headword: *)oi+sto/s
Adler number: omicron,102
Translated headword: arrow
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] a missile, sagitta.
Greek Original:
*)oi+sto/s: be/los, sagi/tta.
Note:
The headword (for which cf. omicron 101) is used mainly in poetry; the two glosses -- each of which can embrace a range of military projectiles -- are common in all genres. (The second of them is the Latin word sagitta, for which see Lewis & Short s.v.). Likewise in other lexica; references at Photius omicron156 Theodoridis.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; military affairs; poetry
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 30 April 2002@17:29:19.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified note; added keyword; cosmetics) on 1 May 2002@03:01:04.
Catharine Roth (augmented note) on 23 August 2008@22:49:26.
David Whitehead on 23 June 2013@07:29:44.
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