ὀϊστεύω

oisteuo

shoot arrows

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 4
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Book 4 3
Chapter ?

4100
4196
4206
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8269
Odyssey 3
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Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8216
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

1284
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22119

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀϊστεύω, A. shoot arrows, ὅν τις ὀϊστεύσας ἔβαλεν whom one shot with an arrow, Il. 4.196, cf. Od. 8.216 ; τόξῳ ὀϊστεύσας 12.84 : c. gen. objecti, ἀλλʼ ἄγʼ ὀΐστευσον Μενελάου Il. 4.100 : c. acc. cogn., ἀκτῖνας ὀ., etc., Nonn. D. 41.257, etc. II. trans., shoot with an arrow, AP 5.57 (Arch.); τινὰ βελέμνῳ Nonn. D. 15.322.

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