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ἀκοντίζω

akontizo

hurl a javelin

Appears 35 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀκοντίζω, Att. fut. -ιῶ, (ἄκων) A. hurl a javelin, τινός at one, Αἴαντος . . ἀκόντισε φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ Il. 14.402, cf. 8.118; also Αἵας . . ἐφʼ Ἕκτορι . . ἵετʼ ἀκοντίσσαι 16.359; ἀ. ἐς or καθʼ ὅμιλον, Od. 22.263, Il. 4.490; ἔς τινας Th. 7.40; εἰς τὸ φῶς ἐκ τοῦ σκότους X. An. 7.4.18: c. dat., of the weapon, ἦ καὶ ἀκόντισε δουρί Il. 5.533; ἀ. δουρὶ φαεινῷ ib.611, al.; αἰχμαῖς Pi. I. 1.24: also c. acc., ἀκόντισαν ὀξέα δοῦρα Od. 22.265; ἀκοντίζουσι θαμειὰς αἰχμὰς ἐκ χειρῶν Il. 12.44, cf. 14.422: abs., use the javelin, τοξεύειν καὶ ἀ. Hdt. 4.114, cf. Hp. Aër. 17, Th. 3.23, etc.:— Pass., κῶλα . . ἐς πλευρὰ καὶ πρὸς ἧπαρ ἠκοντίζετο E. IT 1370; ἀ. ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων ὀρθός Pl. Men. 93d. 2. after Hom., hit or strike with javelin, or simply aim at, ἀ. τὸν σῦν Hdt. 1.43, etc.:—Pass., to be hit or wounded, E. Ba. 1098, Antipho 3.1.1, X. HG 4.5.13. 3. hurl, throw, ἑαυτούς, i.e. leap overboard, Ach.Tat. 5.7; jettison cargo, Id. 3.2: metaph., τινὰς εἰς ἄπειρον χρόνον Olymp.Alch.p.75B. 4. shoot forth rays, of moon, E. Ion 1155:—Med., flash, Arist. Mu. 392b3. 5. metaph., μῦθον Nonn. D. 34.299; μερίμνας ἀνέμοισιν ib.12.258. II. intr., dart or pierce, metaph., of curses, εἴσω γῆς E. Or. 1241.
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