discobolus
discobolos
- (in classical Greece) a discus thrower
- a statue of a discus thrower
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Word Origin
C18: from Latin, from Greek diskobolos, from diskos discus + -bolos, from ballein to throw
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Historical Examples
Wan hunder an' forty-nine an' a half—bad luck to ye, Discobolus!
"Captains Courageous"Rudyard Kipling
You are strong enough, certainly, but the art of the discobolus must be learned like any other.
Homo Sum, CompleteGeorg Ebers
It is so with the statue in our illustration called the Discobolus or Disk-thrower.
Greek SculptureEstelle M. Hurll
But for our golfing suggestion some of the discobolus models serve us better.
The Happy GolferHenry Leach
He's god-like to look at; he's got a figure like the Discobolus, and the brain of a Dr. Watson.
What NotRose Macaulay
Word Origin and History for discobolus
n.
"discus thrower," from Latin, from Greek discobolos, from diskos "quoit, discus" + -bolos "thrower," related to ballein "to throw" (see ballistics).
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