σφενδον-άω,
use the sling, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.81, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.7, 15, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς λίθοις σ[[. [prev. work] 17; ἐν τῷ σφενδονᾶν ἡ χεὶρ γίνεται κέντρον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 852b7. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 strike by slinging, τὰς αὔρας [[ 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 26.5: _metaphorically_, ἔντερ᾽ ἁλὶ καὶ σιλφίῳ σ. 4th c.BC: Axionicus Comicus 8.4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II throw as from a sling, [[ LXX.1Ki.25.29 ] LXX]:—passive, ἐκ κλιμάκων ἐσφενδονᾶτο χωρὶς ἀλλήλων μέλη [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1183, compare 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 10.30. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 move like a swing, swing to and fro, ὅπλισμα.. διαφέρων ἐσφενδόνα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 715. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]