τόξον
Alt. τόξον, ου, τό,
Etym. τυγχάνω
I. "a bow", Hom.; often in pl., because the ancient bow was of two pieces of horn joined by the πῆχυς in the middle; τόξα τιταίνειν or ἕλκειν to draw "the bow", Il.:—as the "bow" was specially the Oriental weapon, τόξου ῥῦμα meant the Persians, opp. to λόγχης ἰσχύς (the Greek "spearmen)", Aesch.: —metaph., τόξῳ "by guess", id=Aesch.
II. in pl. also, "bow and arrows", Hom., Hdt., etc.
III. metaph., τόξα ἡλίου its "rays", Eur.