Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Discobolus

Discobolus , noun

[Latin, from Greek {not transcribed}; {not transcribed} a discu + {not transcribed} to throw.]

(a)
(Fine Arts) A thrower of the discus.
(b)
(Fine Arts) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it.

The Discobolus of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved.