discobolus

discobolos

/ (dɪsˈkɒbələs) /


nounplural -li (-ˌlaɪ)
  1. (in classical Greece) a discus thrower

  2. a statue of a discus thrower

Origin of discobolus

1
C18: from Latin, from Greek diskobolos, from diskos discus + -bolos, from ballein to throw

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