Included with: εὔστοχ-ος, ον,
well-aimed, τῷδ᾽ ἂν εὐστόχῳ πτερῷ (Elmsl. for πέτρῳ) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 76; ἀκόντιον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 12.13 (_superlative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πληγή [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.25.9. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II aiming well, ὅσοι δὲ τόξοις χεῖρ᾽ ἔχουσιν εὔ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 195; λόγχαις.. -ώτατοι [prev. author] “Ph.” 140, compare “fragment” 321 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὔ. τὴν τοξικήν [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 33 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb -χως, βάλλειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὔστοχα βάλλειν, τοξεύειν, [[ 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 15.1, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 36 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατα [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 67.14. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 metaphorically, making good shots, i.e. guessing well, hitting the right nail on the head, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Divinatione per Somnia” 464a33 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; shrewd, [[ [prev. author] “Rh.” 1412a12, 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 14.1, conjecture in 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “epigram” 45; βουλευτήριον “Comica Adespota” 201; εὔστοχόν τι ἔνεστι τοῖς κακοῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 950b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὔ. ἐν ἀπαντήσεσιν ready at repartee, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.74 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]. adverb -χως [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 792d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 639a5, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.108 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]