Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Discobolus \Dis*cob"o*lus\, n.; pl. {Discoboli}. [L., fr. Gr. ?;
   ? a discu + ? to throw.] (Fine Arts)
   (a) A thrower of the discus.
   (b) 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.