Lexicon / G8783
πετροβόλος
petrobolos
  • a slinger

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Glosses: a slinger

1. throwing stones , (Xenophon Historicus)

2. as Substantive, πετροβόλος, an engine for throwing stones , Lat. ballista, (Polybius Historicus), etc. (ML)