ἐπεσβόλος
ἐπεσβόλος, throwing words about, rash-talking, abusive, scurrilous
ἐπεσ-βόλος, ον, (ἔπος, βάλλω)
- throwing words about, rash-talking, scurrilous, λωβητῆρα ἐ., of Thersites, Il. 2.275, cf. Them. Or. 21.262a; νεῖκος ἐ. A.R. 4.1727; of satires, ἐ. ἦχος ἀοιδῆς AP 4.3b.82 (Agath.).
ἐπεσ·βόλος, ος, ον, qui lance des paroles violentes, outrageant, injurieux, Il. 2, 275 ; A. Rh. 4, 1727 ; Anth. 4, 3.
Étym. th. ἐπεσ- d’ἔπος et βάλλω.
ἐπεσβόλος, Worte werfend, d.i. keck, dreist redend ; λωβητήρ Il. 2.275 ; Sp., wie νεῖκος Ap.Rh. 4.1727 ; ἀραί Lycophr. 332 ; ἦχος ἀοιδῆς von Schmähgedichten, Agath. proœm. v. 128 (IV.3).
ἐπεσβόλος
[ἐπεσ-, ἔπος + βολ-, βάλλω.]
Throwing words about at random, scurrilous Il. 2.275.
ἐπεσβόλος (ἔπος, βάλλω, ‘wordslinging’): wordy, scurrilous, Il. 2.275†.
ἐπεσβόλος
ἐπεσ-βόλος, ον
ἔπος, βάλλω
- throwing words about, rash-talking, abusive, scurrilous, Il.