Example sentences from the Web for discobolus

The facial angle of the Discobolus also, like that of Antinoous, like that of the normal human visage, is 75°.
Pedagogical Anthropology|Maria Montessori
He's god-like to look at; he's got a figure like the Discobolus, and the brain of a Dr. Watson.
What Not|Rose Macaulay
It is so with the statue in our illustration called the Discobolus or Disk-thrower.
Greek Sculpture|Estelle M. Hurll
His waist was thick with pones of sinew bulging over the hips, as one sees in the statue of Discobolus.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock|T. S. Stribling

But there is no evidence to show that that aspiring youth ever produced an Aphrodite or a Discobolus.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8|Charles H. Sylvester

discobolus

discobolos

/ (dɪsˈkɒbələs) /

noun plural -li (-ˌlaɪ)

(in classical Greece) a discus thrower

a statue of a discus thrower

Word Origin for discobolus

C18: from Latin, from Greek diskobolos, from diskos discus + -bolos, from ballein to throw

Words nearby discobolus

disclosing agent, disclosing solution, disclosure, Discman, disco, discobolus, discogenic, discogram, discographer, discography, discoid

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单词	discobolus
释义	Example sentences from the Web for discobolus The facial angle of the Discobolus also, like that of Antinoous, like that of the normal human visage, is 75°. Pedagogical Anthropology\|Maria Montessori He's god-like to look at; he's got a figure like the Discobolus, and the brain of a Dr. Watson. What Not\|Rose Macaulay It is so with the statue in our illustration called the Discobolus or Disk-thrower. Greek Sculpture\|Estelle M. Hurll His waist was thick with pones of sinew bulging over the hips, as one sees in the statue of Discobolus. The Cruise of the Dry Dock\|T. S. Stribling But there is no evidence to show that that aspiring youth ever produced an Aphrodite or a Discobolus. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8\|Charles H. Sylvester discobolus discobolos / (dɪsˈkɒbələs) / noun plural -li (-ˌlaɪ) (in classical Greece) a discus thrower a statue of a discus thrower Word Origin for discobolus C18: from Latin, from Greek diskobolos, from diskos discus + -bolos, from ballein to throw Words nearby discobolus disclosing agent, disclosing solution, disclosure, Discman, disco, discobolus, discogenic, discogram, discographer, discography, discoid Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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