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Discus   /dˈɪskəs/   Listen
Discus

noun
(pl. E. discuses, L. disci)
1.
An athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible.
2.
A disk used in throwing competitions.  Synonym: saucer.






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"Discus" Quotes from Famous Books



... in Sparta, the guest of Menelaos, the suitors were more riotous than usual. They diverted themselves in the palace of Odysseus by throwing the discus and javelin. Only Antinoos and the handsome Eurymachos kept apart from them. Then Noemon, who had given Telemachos his ship a few days before, approached them and said: "Antinoos, I would gladly know when Telemachos will return from Pylos. I lent him my ship, ...
— Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca - Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece • Homer



Words linked to "Discus" :   field event, disc, sports equipment, disk



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