τοξεύω
τοξ-εύω,
A). shoot with the bow, τινος at a mark,
Il. 23.855 ;
πάντες, ὥστε τοξόται σκοποῦ, τοξεύετ’ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε S. Ant. 1034 ; also
τ. ἐπὶ σκοποῦ Pl. Sis. 391a ;
ἐς ἀλλήλους Hdt. 1.214 , cf.
X. Cyr. 3.3.66 ;
κατά τινων Luc. Pisc. 7 (metaph.);
ἐς χωρίον, ἐς τὰ γυμνά, Hdt. 8.128 ,
Th. 3.23 ;
ἐπ’ ἐκεῖνο Luc. Cal. 15 (metaph.);
πρὸς τὸν οὐρανόν Hdt. 4.94 : metaph.,
τοξεύσασα τῆς εὐδοξίας E. Tr. 643 , cf.
Ion 1411 : abs.,
use the bow, Hdt. 1.136 ;
τὸν παῖδα τοξεύσας ἀπολωλέκεε by an arrow, Id. 3.74 , cf.
Ar. Av. 1187 ,
Th. 4.48 , etc.;
καθ’ ὑπερβολὰν τοξεύσας having shot too high,
S. OT 1197 (lyr.);
εὔστοχα or
ἄσκοπα τ. with good or no aim,
Luc. Nigr. 36 ,
Tox. 62 .
2). metaph.,
Ἔρως ἐτόξευσ’ αὐτόν E. Tr. 255 ;
ἡ τυραννὶς πάντοθεν τοξεύεται is aimed at, Id. Fr. 850 .
3). c. acc. rei,
shoot from a bow, metaph.,
discharge, send forth, τ. ὕμνους Pi. I. 2.3 ;
γλῶσσα τοξεύσασα μὴ τὰ καίρια A. Supp. 446 ;
ταῦτα νοῦς ἐτόξευσεν μάτην hath shot these
arrows in vain,
E. Hec. 603 :— Pass.,
ἡμῖν γὰρ ἤδη πᾶν τετόξευται βέλος A. Eu. 676 .
ShortDef
to shoot with the bow
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">τοξ-εύω</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shoot with the bow,</span> <span class="itype greek">τινος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at</span> a mark, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:855" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.855/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.855 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πάντες, ὥστε τοξόται σκοποῦ, τοξεύετ’ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1034" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1034/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 1034 </a> ; also <span class="quote greek">τ. ἐπὶ σκοποῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg038:391a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg038:391a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sis.</span> 391a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐς ἀλλήλους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.214/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.214 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:3:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:3:66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 3.3.66 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κατά τινων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg025:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg025:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pisc.</span> 7 </a> (metaph.); <span class="foreign greek">ἐς χωρίον, ἐς τὰ γυμνά,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:128" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.128/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.128 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.23 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐπ’ ἐκεῖνο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg013:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg013:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cal.</span> 15 </a> (metaph.); <span class="quote greek">πρὸς τὸν οὐρανόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.94/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.94 </a> : metaph., <span class="quote greek">τοξεύσασα τῆς εὐδοξίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:643" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:643/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 643 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1411" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1411/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 1411 </a>: abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">use the bow,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:136" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.136/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.136 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸν παῖδα τοξεύσας ἀπολωλέκεε</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by an arrow,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:74" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.74/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.74 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1187" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1187/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1187 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.48 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">καθ’ ὑπερβολὰν τοξεύσας</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">having shot</span> too high, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1197" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1197/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1197 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">εὔστοχα</span> or <span class="foreign greek">ἄσκοπα τ.</span> with good or no aim, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg007:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg007:36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nigr.</span> 36 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg044:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg044:62/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tox.</span> 62 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> c. acc. objecti, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shoot</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hit with an arrow,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:2:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:2:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 4.2.12 </a>; <span class="quote greek">θηρίον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:2:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:2:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.2.10 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔλαφον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg027:837a:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg027:837a.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mir.</span> 837a15 </a> :— Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be struck by an arrow,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.98/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.98 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:8:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:8:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 1.8.20 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:1:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:1:18/canonical-url/"> 4.1.18 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 3.32 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="quote greek">Ἔρως ἐτόξευσ’ αὐτόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:255" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:255/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 255 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἡ τυραννὶς πάντοθεν τοξεύεται</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">is aimed at,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 850 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> c. acc. rei, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shoot from a bow,</span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">discharge, send forth,</span> <span class="quote greek">τ. ὕμνους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 2.3 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γλῶσσα τοξεύσασα μὴ τὰ καίρια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:446" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:446/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 446 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ταῦτα νοῦς ἐτόξευσεν μάτην</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hath shot</span> these <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">arrows</span> in vain, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:603" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:603/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 603 </a>:— Pass., <span class="quote greek">ἡμῖν γὰρ ἤδη πᾶν τετόξευται βέλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:676" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:676/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 676 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}