ἀκανθοβόλος

ον, Subst., ὁ

βάλλω

A. prickly, χαίτη (of the plant ἔχις) Nic. Th. 542; ῥόδον Id. Fr. 74.9.
II. Subst. ἀ.,ὁ, surgical instrument for extracting a bone, prob. f.l. for sq., Paul.Aeg. 6.32.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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