Bow Weapon Rainbow

Arco: arma para disparar flechas en la guerra o la caza; también el arco iris como señal del pacto de Dios en el cielo.

Cuerda o soga, especialmente cuerda de tienda para asegurar el tabernáculo o campamento; también cuerda de arco.

Included with: Ἶρις, ιδος, ἡ, accusative Ἶριν, vocative Ἶρι:— “Iris”, the messenger of the gods among themselves, Refs 8th c.BC+, compare ὠκέα Ἶρις Refs 8th c.BC+ __II as appellative, ἶρις, ἡ, genitive ἴριδος Refs 4th c.BC+; accusative ἶριν Refs 2nd c.BC+; Epic dialect dative plural ἴρισσιν (see. below):—rainbow, δράκοντες.., ἴρισσιν ἐοικότες, ἅς τε Κρονίων ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε, τέρας μερόπων ἀνθρώπων Refs 8th c.BC+ __II.2 any bright-coloured circle surrounding another body, as the lunar rainbow, Refs 4th c.BC+halo of candle, Refs 4th c.BC+; the iris of the eye, Refs 2nd c.AD+; also, section through the ciliary region, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.3 iridescent garment, Refs __II.4 various species of the botanical genus iris, e.g. the purple Iris, I. germanica or pallida, εὐάνθεμον ἶριν Refs 4th c.BC+; also, the white variety of it, I. florentina, from the rhizome of which the orris-root of commerce is made, Refs 4th c.BC+: in this sense some wrote it oxytone ἰρίς, ίδος, Refs __II.5 a precious stone, Refs 1st c.AD+

τόξον, τό, bow, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐτιταίνετο.. τόξα drew the bow, Refs 8th c.BC+; τόξον ἕλκετ᾽ (variant{εἷλκεν}) Refs 8th c.BC+; τόξον τείνειν, ἐντείνειν, Refs 8th c.BC+; τόξου ῥῦμα (i.e. the Persians, the bow being an oriental weapon), opposed to λόγχης ἰσχύς (i.e. the Greeks), Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 τόξῳ by guess, Refs __3 bowmanship, archery, τόξων ἐῢ εἰδώς Refs 8th c.BC+; τόξῳ (i.e. νικῶν) Refs 2nd c.BC+ __II in plural also, bow and arrows, τόξα πεπτεῶτ᾽ ἄλλυδις ἄλλα Refs 8th c.BC+; sometimes in plural for the arrows only,Refs 5th c.BC+ __III metaphorically, τόξα ἡλίου its rays, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀμπελίνοις τόξοις δαμέντες, of the effects of wine, Refs 5th c.BC+; κότταβος.. ὃν σκοπὸν ἐς λατάγων τόξα καθιστάμεθα for shooting of liquor from the cup, Refs 5th c.BC+ __IV rainbow, LXX+4th c.BC+ __IV.2 arch, Refs __IV.3 curved support, cradle used in amputations, Refs 2nd c.AD+; part of a carriage or cart, Refs 3rd c.BC+

† קַשָּׁת n.m. bowman (si vera l.);—וַיְהִי רֹבֶה ק׳ Gn 21:20 and he became, growing up, a bowman; but ר׳ then superfluous (om. 𝔊), after וַיִּגְדָּ֑ל v a; Kn Di רֹבֵה קָ֑שֶׁת (= רֹמֵה ק׳ Je 4:29, which Ball reads here), cf. Holz Gunk.