ἰχθύβολος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἰχθυβόλος (ikhthubólos)

Etymology

From ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) + -βόλος, from βάλλω (bállō, “I throw or cast”).

Adjective

ἰχθύβολος • (ikhthúbolos) m or f (neuter ἰχθύβολον); second declension

1. (for) striking fish, catching fish
2. speared fish

Noun

ἰχθύβολος • (ikhthúbolos) m (genitive ἰχθυβόλου); second declension

1. fisher, angler

References

• “ἰχθύβολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press