πᾰλίν-τονος,ον,
A. bent backward, i.e. the opposite way to that in which they were drawn,τόξα, in Hom. of the bow whether strung, Il. 8.266 , cf. 15.443 ; or unstrung, 10.459 , Od. 21.11 , cf. S. Tr. 511 (lyr.); Ἀράβιοι τόξα π. εἶχον μακρά
Hdt. 7.69
; Σκυθικὰ π. βέλη
A. Ch. 161
(lyr.).
2. back-stretched, ἡνίαι
Ar.
Av. 1739 .
3. caused by opposite tensions, π. ἁρμονίη κόσμου ὅκωσπερ λύρης καὶ τόξου
Heraclit. 51
( v.l. παλίντροπος ).
II. παλίντονα,τά ,military engines for throwing stones, but not pointed missiles, = λιθοβόλα , Ph. Bel. 91.36 , Hero Bel. 74 , 104 , etc.