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σφενδόνη

σφενδόνη, a sling

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σφενδονῶν feminine genitive plural of σφενδόνη

σφενδονῶν present active participle masculine vocative singular, present active participle neuter nominative singular, present active participle neuter vocative singular, present active participle neuter accusative singular, present active participle masculine nominative singular of σφενδονάω

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σφενδόν-η, ἡ,
  • sling, Il. 13.600 (where it is used as a bandage), Archil. 3, E. Ph. 1142, Ar. Av. 1185, Th. 4.32; σφενδόνῃ οὐκ ἂν ἐφικοίμην αὐτόσʼ could not reach it with a sling, Antiph. 55.19.
      • 2 a sling as part of a crane used in unloading ships, SIG 241 A 46 (Delph., iv B.C.): so perh. metaph., σφενδόνας ἀπʼ εὐμέτρου A. Ag. 1010 (lyr.).
    • II anything of like shape:
      • 1 sling for a disabled arm, Hp. Art. 16 (cf. Il. l.c.); suspensory abdominal bandage, Hp. Mul. 2.144, Sor. Fasc. 48.
      • 2 headband worn by women, broad in front, Poll. 5.96, Eust.ad D.P. 7.
      • 3 hoop of a ring in which the stone was set as in a sling, esp. the outer or broader part round the stone, collet, E. Hipp. 862, Pl. R. 359e, Arist. Ph. 207a3.
      • 4 white of the eye, Poll. 2.70.
    • III stone or bullet of the sling, X. An. 3.4.4, 5.2.14, etc.; τοιαύταις σ., of hailstones, Ar. Nu. 1125 (troch.).

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