lagobolon
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Arcadian_League_-_363-362_BC_-_silver_stater_-_head_of_Zeus_Lykaios_-_Pan_with_lagobolon_-_Berlin_MK_AM.jpg/220px-Arcadian_League_-_363-362_BC_-_silver_stater_-_head_of_Zeus_Lykaios_-_Pan_with_lagobolon_-_Berlin_MK_AM.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek λᾰγωβόλον (lagōbólon), from λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).
Noun
[edit]lagobolon (plural lagobolons or lagobola)
- (Ancient Greece) A hunter's stick for striking hares.
References
[edit]- "Weapons--a quiver with arrows and a stick for striking hares (a lagobolon)--are placed on the right of the relief.", from Perseus Project