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discobolus
/ dɪsˈkɒbələs /
noun
- (in classical Greece) a discus thrower
- a statue of a discus thrower
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Word History and Origins
Origin of discobolus1
C18: from Latin, from Greek diskobolos, from diskos discus + -bolos, from ballein to throw
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Example Sentences
The Apollo and the Discobolus are engaged in the same purpose—the one watching the effect of his arrow, the other of his discus.
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A crucifix hung beneath the Correggio; a plaster model of the Discobolus stood between the windows.
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In one of these villas, excavated by the king of Italy in 1906, was found a fine replica of the famous discobolus of Myron.
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His waist was thick with pones of sinew bulging over the hips, as one sees in the statue of Discobolus.
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It is never a right angle (see the Discobolus), but it approaches very closely to a right angle.
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