COMPOUND: ὀϊστός, -οῦ
CATEGORIZATION: N [ο+V/A]
MEANING: ‘arrow’
ETYMOLOGY: ὀ- ‘near’ + verbal stem *ιστός (cmp. Skr. ișyati; ἰός< *iswo-, Skr. ișu ‘arrow’) ‘throw’
OCCURRENCE: Il. I, 46; XIII, 650, 651; XIV, 225
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., acc. sg., nom. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: uncertain etymology. ὀ- is not a free word in Greek