τοξεύω

1. to shoot with the bow , τινός at a mark, (Iliad by Homer); εἴς τινα (Herdotus Historicus):—;metaphorically to aim at , with genitive, (Euripides):—;absolute to use the bow , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὰν τοξεύσας having shot too high, (Sophocles Tragicus)

2. with accusative to shoot or hit with an arrow , τινά (Euripides):—;Pass. to be struck by an arrow , (Thucydides)

3. with accusative rei, to shoot from a bow : metaphorically, to discharge, send forth , ὕμνους (Pindar); ταῦτα ἐτόξευσεν μάτην hath shot these arrows in vain, (Euripides): —;Pass., πᾶν τετόξευται βέλος (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)