τοξεύω — Middle Liddell

τοξεύω to shoot with the bow, τινός at a mark, Il., Soph.; εἴς τινα Hdt.:—metaph. to aim at, c. gen., Eur.:—absol. to use the bow, Hdt., Thuc., etc.; καθʼ ὑπερβολὰν τοξεύσας having shot too high, Soph. c. acc. to shoot or hit with an arrow, τινά Eur., Xen.:—Pass. to be struck by an arrow, Thuc. c. acc. rei, to shoot from a bow: metaph., to discharge, send forth, ὕμνους Pind.; ταῦτα ἐτόξευσεν μάτην hath shot these arrows in vain, Eur.: —Pass., πᾶν τετόξευται βέλος Aesch.

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to shoot with the bow

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