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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>πετρο·ϐόλος, ος, ον<\/b>, qui lance des pierres, XÉN. <i>Hell. 2, 4, 12 ; subst<\/i>. ὁ πετροϐόλος (<i>s.-e<\/i>. καταπέλτης) SPT. <i>Job 41, 19 ;<\/i> POL. <i>1, 53, 11 ; 5, 4, 6, etc. ;<\/i> DS. <i>2, 27, etc., ou<\/i> τὸ πετροϐόλον, JOS. <i>A.J. 9, 10, 3,<\/i> machine à lancer des pierres, pierrier, baliste.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. πέτρος, βάλλω.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "ον, <b>throwing stones<\/b>, X. <i>HG<\/i> 2.4.12. <i>Subst.<\/i> πετροβόλος, ὁ, <b>engine for throwing stones<\/b>, Plb. 5.44.6, LXX Jb. 41.19, Ath.Mech. 34.2, etc. ; distd. from καταπέλτης, Plb. 8.7.2 (but καταπέλτας ὀξυβελεῖς τε καὶ πετροβόλους D.S. 18.51, cf. IG2². 468.1); neut. πετροβόλα (sc. ὄργανα), opp. δορυβόλα, J. <i>AJ<\/i> 9.10.3.<br\/><b>sling<\/b>, <font color='brown'>v.l.<\/font> in LXX 1 Ki. 14.14. λίθοι πετρόβολοι <b>hurled as from a sling<\/b>, of hailstones, <i>ib.<\/i> Ez. 13.11, 13."
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                    "description": "<i>Steine werfend, schleudernd<\/i>, Xen. <i>Hell<\/i>. 2.4.12 ; von den Ballisten, Pol. 5.4.6, 8.9.2."
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                    "description": "1. <b>throwing stones <\/b>, [Xenophon Historicus (5th\/4th c.BC)] <br\/>2. as <i>Substantive<\/i>, πετροβόλος, <b>an engine for throwing stones <\/b>, Lat. <i>ballista<\/i>, [Polybius Historicus (Refs 2nd c.BC)], etc. (ML)"
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