τοξικός
ή, όν
A.
of or for the bow, τ. θῶμιγξ, ἄτρακτος, A. Pers. 460, Fr. 139; τ. στολή an archer's equipment, Pl. Lg. 833b; τ. κάλαμος a kind of Cretan reed used for arrows, Thphr. HP 4.11.11.
2.
ἡ τοξική (sc. τέχνη) archery, Pl. Smp. 197a, La. 193b, al., SIG 1060.5 (Tralles, iv/iii B.C.).
3.
τὸ ‐κόν shot-hole, loophole, LXX Jd. 5.28, Sm. Ez. 40.16: so ‐κή (sc. θυρίς) Ph. Bel. 81.25.
II.
of persons, skilled in the use of the bow, [Πάνδαρος] Plu. 2.405b; τοξικώτατοι X. Cyr. 6.2.4.
III.
τὸ ‐κόν, collectively, the bowmen, for οἱ τοξόται, Ar. Lys. 462, D.C. 36.47; πηλίκα τοξικὰ ἔχουσι; Mim.Oxy. 413.198.
2.
τ. φάρμακον poison for smearing arrows with, Arist. Mir. 837a13, BGU 21 ii 14 (iv A. D.), Orib. Fr. 126: τὸ τ. Str. 3.4.18, Dsc. 1.106, Ael. NA 9.15: pl., Dsc. 2.79.
b.
= venenum, Gloss.