παλίντονος

A. bent backward, i.e. the opposite way to that in which they were drawn, τόξα, in Hom. of the bow whether strung, Il. 8.266, cf. 15.443; or unstrung, 10.459, Od. 21.11, cf. S. Tr. 511 (lyr.); Ἀράβιοι τόξα π. εἶχον μακρά Hdt. 7.69; Σκυθικὰ π. βέλη A. Ch. 161 (lyr.).

2. back-stretched, ἡνίαι Ar. Av. 1739.

3. caused by opposite tensions, π. ἁρμονίη κόσμου ὅκωσπερ λύρης καὶ τόξου Heraclit. 51 (v.l. παλίντροπος).

II. παλίντονα,τά, military engines for throwing stones, but not pointed missiles, = λιθοβόλα, Ph. Bel. 91.36, Hero Bel. 74, 104, etc.