quoit

quoit
subs.
V. δίσκος, ὁ (Eur. Frag.).
Throwing the quoit, subs.: V. δίσκημα, τό (Soph. Frag.).
Be flung as a quoit, v.: V. δισκεύεσθαι (Eur. Ion, 1268).

QUOIT

discus: to play at quoits disco ludere.

quoit: discus, m. (δίσκος): (the nearest word, but not quite the same thing: for the discus was a round plale [not ring] of metal, and the game consisted, not in placing it at a precise point, but in throwing it as far as possible towards or beyond a certain line, like "putting the stone"): famous for often sending his q. or his javelin beyond the goal, saepe disco, Saepe trans finem jaculo nobilis expedito, Hor. Od. 1, 8, 11: cf. Ov. M. 10, 177: to play q.s, disco ludere or certare: (youths) who would rather hear the ring of the q. than the voice of the professor (i. e. prefer play to work), Prov., qui discum audire quam philosophum malunt, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 21.

quoit Quoit

• invented by Perseus: Paus. 2.16.2
• stone used of old instead of: Paus. 2.29.9
• Acrisius and Thermius or Alcidocus killed by: Paus. 2.16.2, Paus. 5.3.7
• quoit of Iphitus inscribed with Olympic truce: Paus. 5.20.1
• Milo's feat with greased: Paus. 6.14.6
• used in pentathlum: Paus. 1.35.5, Paus. 6.19.4

Quoit

See discus.