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‖ discus|ˈdɪskəs|
[L. discus quoit, plate, a. Gr. δίσκος quoit.]
1. Gr. and Rom. Antiq. A disc of metal or heavy material used in ancient Grecian and Roman athletic exercises; a quoit. Also, ellipt., the game of hurling the discus.
1656Cowley Pindaric Odes, Praise Pindar iii. note, The chief Exercises there were Running, Leaping, Wrestling, the Discus, which was the casting of a great round Stone, or Ball, made of Iron or Brass. 1725Pope Odyss. viii. 137 From Elatreus' strong arm the Discus flies. 1892P. Gardner Chap. Grk. Hist. ix. 295 The discus..weighed about twelve pounds. It was round and flat, and a skilful athlete..would sometimes hurl it more than a hundred feet. Ibid., These three competitions—leaping, throwing the spear, and hurling the discus—were the chief and essential parts of the pentathlic contest.
b. In other ancient senses: (see quots.)
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Discus, a Dish or Platter for Meat..Also a round Consecrated Shield made to represent a Memorable Deed of some Hero of Antiquity, and hung up in a Temple of the Gods. Ibid., Discus or Descus (in old Records), a Desk or Reading-shelf in a Church. 1849Longfellow Kavanagh xxx, The untoward winds will blow the discus of the gods against my forehead. 1850J. Leitch Müller's Anc. Art §232 Isis, human, with cow horns and a discus between them.
†2. = disc in its various technical senses.
1664Evelyn Mem. 24 Oct. (1857) I. 406 Observing the discus of the sun for the passing of Mercury that day before it. 1665Phil. Trans. I. No. 6. 105 The inclination of the discus of the Cometical Body. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Among Herbalists, Discus is taken to signifie the middle, plain, and flat part of some Flowers; because its figure resembles the ancient Discus. |