τόξ-ευμα, ατος, τό,
arrow, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.132, +others, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 427, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 455, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.32; τρωθεὶς εἰς τὸμ πλεύμονα τοξεύματι “IG” 42(1).122.56 (Epid., 4th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσον τ. ἐξικνέεται the distance of a bow-shot, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.139 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὶν τ. ἐξικνεῖσθαι before an arrow reached them, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπειδὴ εἰς τ. ἀφίκοιντο came within shot, [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.4.23 ] Refs]; ἐντὸς τοξεύματος [[[prev. passage], 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 991; ἔξω τοξεύματος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔβαλλον Βακχίου τοξεύμασι κάρα γέροντος, of the cottabus, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 562 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φαρέτρα τοξευμάτων a quiverful of arrows (as a prize), [[ “IG” 12(5).647.28 (Ceos, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; missile of any kind, [[ 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 1.2: _metaphorically_, of songs and words, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).47; so καρδίας τοξεύματα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1085; ὄμματος θελκτήριον τόξευμα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1005. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II collective in plural for οἱ τοξόται, force of archers, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.112, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 21. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]