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ὀϊστός

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Appears 64 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀϊστός, Att. οἰστός (E. Fr. 1063.13, Med. 634 (lyr.)), ὁ (also ἡ Zeno ap.Arist. Ph. 239b30), A. arrow, πικρὸς ὀ. Il. 4.134, al.; χαλκήρης 13.650 ; τριγλώχις 5.393 ; τανυγλώχις 8.297 : rare in Att. Prose, πυρφόροις οἰστοῖς Th. 2.75, Pl. Ion 535b, Lg. 795a, X. An. 2.1.6 : metaph., of a poem, Pi. O. 2.90,9.12 ; ὁ τῆς σοφίας ὀ. Heraclit. All. 34. II. a plant, arrow-head, Sagitta sagittifolia, Mago ap.Plin. HN 21.111. III. the constellation Sagitta, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.11.10.
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