II. collective in pl. for oiJ toxovtai , the archery, Hdt.
toxeutov"
toxeutov" , hv, ovn , struck by an arrow, Soph. From toxeuvw
toxeuvw
toxeuvw
,
f.
sw
,
to shoot with the bow,
tinov"
at a
mark, Il.,
Soph.
;
ei[" tina
Hdt
.:
—metaph.
to aim at,
c. gen
.,
Eur.
:—
absol.
to use the bow,
Hdt
.,
Thuc.
,
etc.
;
kaqÆ uJperbola;n toxeuvsa"
having shot
too high,
Soph.
II.
c. acc.
to shoot
or
hit with an arrow,
tinav
Eur
.,
Xen.
:—
Pass.
to be struck by an arrow,
Thuc.
2.
c. acc.
rei,
to shoot from a bow:
metaph
.,
to discharge, send forth,
u{mnou"
Pind
.;
tau`ta ejtovxeusen mavthn
hath shot
these arrows in vain,
Eur.
:—
Pass.
,
pa`n tetovxeutai bevlo"
Aesch.
toxhvrh"
tox-hvrh" , e" , ( ajrarivskw ) furnished with the bow, Eur.
2. = toxikov" , Id.; t. yalmov" the twang of the bowstring, Id.
toxikov"
toxikov" , hv, ovn , ( tovxon ) of or for the bow, Aesch .:— hJ toxikhv ( sc. tevcnh ) archery, Plat.
II. of persons, skilled in the use of the bow, toxikwvtato" Xen.
toxobovlo"
toxo-bovlo" , on , ( bavllw ) shooting with the bow, Anth.
toxodavma"
toxo-davma<Eth>" »da±1/4, anto", oJ , ( damavw ) = sq. , Aesch.
toxovdamno"
toxov-damno" , on , subduing with the bow, t. [Arh" the war of archers, i.e. the Persians, Aesch. ; t.
[Artemi" Eur.
tovxon
tovxon , tov , ( tug-cavnw ) a bow, Hom .; often in pl. , because the ancient bow was of two pieces of horn joined by the ph`cu" in the middle; tovxa titaivnein or e{lkein to draw the bow, Il.:—as the bow was specially the Oriental weapon, tovxou rJu`ma meant the Persians, opp. to lovgch" ijscuv" (the Greek spearmen), Aesch .: —metaph ., tovxw/ by guess, Id.
II.
in
pl.
also,
bow and arrows,
Hom
.,
Hdt.
,
etc.
III.
metaph
.,
tovxa hJlivou
its
rays,
Eur.
Hence
toxopoievw
toxopoievw
toxo-poievw , to make like a bow, to arch, t. ta;" ojfru`" , of a supercilious person, Ar.
toxosuvnh
toxosuvnh , hJ , bowmanship, archery, Il., Eur.
toxovth"
toxovth" , ou , Dor. -ta" , a, oJ , ( tovxon ) a bowman, archer, Il., Hdt. , Trag. , etc.
2. the Archer, Sagittarius, a sign in the Zodiac, Luc.