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discobolus

N ผู้ ขว้าง จาน รูป กลม 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISCOBOLUS

Dis *cob "o *lus, n.; pl. Discoboli. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Fine Arts )(a ) A thrower of the discus. (b ) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it

 

Note: The Discobolus of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

discobolus

discobolus |dɪˈskɒbələs | ▶noun ( pl. discoboli |-lʌɪ | ) a discus-thrower in ancient Greece. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: via Latin from Greek diskobolos, from diskos ‘discus ’ + -bolos ‘-throwing ’ (from ballein ‘to throw ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

discobolus

discobolus |dɪˈskɒbələs | ▶noun ( pl. discoboli |-lʌɪ | ) a discus-thrower in ancient Greece. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: via Latin from Greek diskobolos, from diskos ‘discus ’ + -bolos ‘-throwing ’ (from ballein ‘to throw ’).