discobolus

discobolos

/ (dɪsˈkɒbələs) /

noun plural -li (-ˌlaɪ)

(in classical Greece) a discus thrower

a statue of a discus thrower

Nearby words

disclosing solution, disclosure, discman, disco, disco-, discobolus, discogenic, discogram, discographer, discographical, discography

Word Origin for discobolus

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

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Examples from the Web for discobolus

The facial angle of the Discobolus also, like that of Antinoous, like that of the normal human visage, is 75°.
Pedagogical Anthropology|Maria Montessori
He's god-like to look at; he's got a figure like the Discobolus, and the brain of a Dr. Watson.
What Not|Rose Macaulay
It is so with the statue in our illustration called the Discobolus or Disk-thrower.
Greek Sculpture|Estelle M. Hurll
His waist was thick with pones of sinew bulging over the hips, as one sees in the statue of Discobolus.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock|T. S. Stribling

But there is no evidence to show that that aspiring youth ever produced an Aphrodite or a Discobolus.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8|Charles H. Sylvester

Word Origin and History for discobolus

discobolus

"discus thrower," from Latin, from Greek discobolos, from diskos "quoit, discus" + -bolos "thrower," related to ballein "to throw" (see ballistics).