LogeionPerseus analysis of ἑκηβόλου:
ἑκηβόλος (attaining his aim): masc/fem/neut gen sg
LSJ entry
ἑκηβόλος
ἑκηβόλος,
Dor. ἑκᾱβόλος,
ον, (
ἑκών, βάλλω)
A. attaining his aim, epith. of Apollo, Il. 1.14,
al. ;
also Ἑκηβόλος alone, ib. 96,
h.Ap. 45,
Pi. Pae. 9.38,
al. ;
of Artemis, S. Fr. 401 ;
ἑκηβόλοι Διὸς χέρες E. Ion 213 (lyr.) ;
τόξα A. Pr. 711,
Eu. 628 ;
σφενδόναι E. Ph. 1142 ;
ἔθνος ὀϊστῶν Opp. H. 4.205 ;
in later Prose, ἑ. βέλη Plb. 13.3.4 ;
μάχαι D.H. 10.16 ;
ἑ. ἄνδρες Plu. Luc. 28 ;
τὰ ἑ. Onos. 20.1 ;
τοξεύματα, ὅπλα, Ael. Tact. 2.8,
Arr. Tact. 3.3 ;
τοξόται καὶ ἑκηβόλοι Agath. 3.17 :
Dor. Sup. ἑκαβολέστατος Archyt. ap. Iamb. Protr. 4.
Adv. -
ιως, τοξεύειν Ath. 1.25d.
(Understood by later writers as far-shooting (
ἑκάς).)