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ὀϊστός

ὀϊστός, arrow

ὀϊστός, Att. οἰστός (E. Fr. 1063.13, Med. 634 (lyr.)), ὁ (also ἡ Zeno ap. Arist. Ph. 239b30),
  • 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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