ἀκοντ-ίζω,
Attic dialect future -ιῶ, (ἄκων) hurl a javelin, τινός at one, Αἴαντος.. ἀκόντισε φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.402, compare 8.118; also Αἵας.. ἐφ᾽ Ἕκτορι.. ἵετ᾽ ἀκοντίσσαι 16.359] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐς or καθ᾽ ὅμιλον, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.263, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.490; ἔς τινας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.40; εἰς τὸ φῶς ἐκ τοῦ σκότους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.4.18] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with dative, of the weapon, ἦ καὶ ἀκόντισε δουρί[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.533; ἀ. δουρὶ φαεινῷ [prev. work] 611, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἰχμαῖς[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.24: also with _accusative_, ἀκόντισαν ὀξέα δοῦρα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.265; ἀκοντίζουσι θαμειὰς αἰχμὰς ἐκ χειρῶν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.44, compare 14.422] Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, use the javelin, τοξεύειν καὶ ἀ.[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.114, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 17, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, κῶλα.. ἐς πλευρὰ καὶ πρὸς ἧπαρ ἠκοντίζετο[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1370; ἀ. ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων ὀρθός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 93d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 after [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], hit or strike with javelin, or simply aim at, ἀ. τὸν σῦν[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.43, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be hit or wounded, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1098, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.1.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 hurl, throw, ἑαυτούς, i.e. leap overboard, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 5.7] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; jettison cargo, [[ [prev. author] 3.2: _metaphorically_, τινὰς εἰς ἄπειρον χρόνον Olymp.Alch. p.75B. ] Refs]