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discobolus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dis-cobo-lus
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A discus thrower.

noun

A statue of a discus thrower.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δισκοβόλος (diskobólos, “discus thrower”), from δίσκος (dískos, “discus”) + βάλλω (bállō, “throw”).

Inflected Forms

discoboli (plural)

Questions

What does discobolus mean?
A discus thrower.
Where does discobolus come from?
From Ancient Greek δισκοβόλος (diskobólos, “discus thrower”), from δίσκος (dískos, “discus”) + βάλλω (bállō, “throw”).

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