κ296Καμπύλα τόξα
curved bow
Homer [sc. uses the phrase]. He mixed together talk of the bow with that of the arrows. For the bow [is] "curved", that is, bent; while the arrows "fell here and there". Similarly 'choinix' [describes] both the measure…
Καμπύλα τόξα· Ὅμηρος. συνέμιξε τὸν κατὰ τοῦ τόξου λόγον τῷ κατὰ τῶν βελῶν. καμπύλα μὲν γὰρ τὰ τόξα, τουτέστιν ἐπικαμπῇ· πεπτηότα δὲ ἄλλυδις ἄλλη τὰ βέλη. ὡς χοῖνιξ τὸ μέτρον καὶ…
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