The Collaborative International Dictionary
Discoboli
Discobolus \Dis*cob"o*lus\, n.; pl. Discoboli. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? a discu + ? to throw.] (Fine Arts)
A thrower of the discus.
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A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it.
Note: The Discobolus of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved.
Wiktionary
discoboli
n. (plural of discobolus English)
WordNet
discoboli
See discobolos
Usage examples of "discoboli".
But of course it wasn't an act of love: it was a mere athletic event, two matchless discoboli moving in tandem through the prescribed and preordained rituals of their specialty, and what did love have to do with that ?