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παλίντονος

παλίντονος, back-stretched, back-bending

πᾰλίν-τονος, ον,
  • bent backward, i.e. the opposite way to that in which they were drawn, τόξα, in Hom. of the bow whether strung, Il. 8.266, cf. 15.443; or unstrung, 10.459, Od. 21.11, cf. S. Tr. 511 (lyr.); Ἀράβιοι τόξα π. εἶχον μακρά Hdt. 7.69; Σκυθικὰ π. βέλη A. Ch. 161 (lyr.).
      • 2 back-stretched, ἡνίαι Ar. Av. 1739.
      • 3 caused by opposite tensions, π. ἁρμονίη κόσμου ὅκωσπερ λύρης καὶ τόξου Heraclit. 51 (v.l. παλίντροπος).
    • II παλίντονα, τά, military engines for throwing stones, but not pointed missiles, = λιθοβόλα, Ph. Bel. 91.36, Hero Bel. 74, 104, etc.

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