τόξον, τό,
bow, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐτιταίνετο. τόξα drew
the bow, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τόξον ἕλκετ᾽ (variant{εἷλκεν}) [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τόξον τείνειν, ἐντείνειν, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τόξου ῥῦμα (i.e. the Persians, the bow being an oriental weapon), opposed to λόγχης ἰσχύς (i.e. the Greeks), [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2) τόξῳ
by guess, [
Refs]
3)
bowmanship, archery, τόξων ἐῢ εἰδώς [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τόξῳ (i.e. νικῶν) [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II) in
plural also,
bow and arrows, τόξα πεπτεῶτ᾽ ἄλλυδις ἄλλα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; sometimes in
plural for
the arrows only,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
metaphorically, τόξα ἡλίου its
rays, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀμπελίνοις τόξοις δαμέντες, of the effects of wine, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κότταβος. ὃν σκοπὸν ἐς λατάγων τόξα καθιστάμεθα for
shooting of liquor from the cup, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV)
rainbow, [
LXX+4th c.BC+]
IV.2)
arch, [
Refs]
IV.3)
curved support, cradle used in amputations, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; part of a carriage or cart, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]