Dictionary entry

Discobolus

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Dis‐cob″o‐lus (?), n.; pl.Discoboli (#). (Fine Arts) (a) A thrower of the discus. (b) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it.

☞ The Discobolus of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved.