τοξάζομαι

toxazomai

shoot with a bow

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 7
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Book 8 3
Chapter ?

8218
8220
8228
Book 22 4
Chapter ?

2227
2272
2278
22134

Dictionary (LSJ)

τοξάζομαι, (τόξον) A. shoot with a bow, Od. 8.220,228: c. gen. objecti, shoot at, εἰ καὶ . . τοξαζοίατο φωτῶν ib.218; κακῶς ἀνδρῶν τοξάζεαι 22.27: later c. acc., τ. θῆρας Opp. C. 4.54.—Poet. word, for which τοξεύω is usual in Prose, but τοξάζω (Act.) occurs in Heraclit. All. 13.

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