λῐθοβόλ-ος, ον,
(paroxytone) throwing stones, pelting with stones: -βόλοι, οἱ, stone-throwers, distinguished from σφενδονῆται, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.69, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 3.7.18; γυμνῆτες λ. καὶ ἀκοντισταί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 119b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: singular, as winner of a contest, [[ “SIG” 1061.6, 19 (Samos, 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2 -βόλος, ὁ, engine for hurling stones, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.5.2, 4th c.BC: Moschio Tragicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.208c, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus Mech. 18.6 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; distinguished from καταπέλτης, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.48 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; also -βόλον, τό, [[ LXX.1Mac.6.51, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.6.3; in full, λ. μηχαναί [prev. work] 4.9.12. ] LXX+1st c.AD+]
__II proparoxytone λιθόβολος, ον, passive, struck with stones, stoned, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1063 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]