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tēlum ī, n

TEC-, a missile weapon, missile, dart, spear, shaft, javelin : arma atque tela, S.: coniectio telorum: si telum manu fugit, magis quam iecit: nubes levium telorum, L.: turbida Tempestas telorum, V.: telum ex loco superiore mittere, Cs.: omni genere missilium telorum volnerari, L.: tela Direxit arcu, H.: In medios telum torsisti Achivos, V.: volatile, O.An offensive weapon, sword, dagger, poniard, axe : ex quibus (telis) ille maximum sicarum numerum et gladiorum extulit: securim in caput deiecit; relictoque in volnere telo, etc., L.: strictis telis, O.: clavae tela erant, Cu.: cum telo esse, i. e. to be armed : positum rubigine telum, my sheathed sword , H.: Frontis, i. e. a horn , O.: corpore tela exit, i. e. avoids the blows of the caestus , V.: arbitrium est in sua tela Iovi, i. e. the thunderbolts , O.—Fig., a weapon, shaft, dart : nec mediocre telum ad res gerendas existimare benevolentiam civium: necessitas, quae maximum telum est, L.: tela fortunae: linguae tela subire tuae, O.

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