τοξάζομαι

• shoot with a bow, Od. 8.220, 228: c. gen. objecti, shoot at, εἰ καὶ . . τοξαζοίατο φωτῶν ib. 218; κακῶς ἀνδρῶν τοξάζεαι 22.27: later c. acc., τ. θῆρας Opp. C. 4.54.—Poet. word, for which τοξεύω is usual in Prose, but τοξάζω (Act.) occurs in Heraclit. All. 13.

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(ἐπι-)

To shoot with the bow : οὐδοῦ ἄπο τοξάσσεται Od. 22.72. Cf. Od. 8.220, 228, Od. 22.78 = 134.

With genit. of what is shot at : φωτῶν Od. 8.218, ἀνδρῶν Od. 22.27.

• Dep. to shoot with a bow, Od.; c. gen. to shoot at, Od.