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βολή

bole

est le nom d'action féminin parallèle ἃ βόλος, mais de sens distinct «fait de la

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What it meant

1. Βολή · Bolē — Chantraine

Βολή est le nom d'action féminin parallèle ἃ βόλος, mais de sens distinct «fait de lancer un trait» et avec des emplois divers, dit de la foudre, de coups d'œil, etc. {Hom., etc.) ; il y a une cinquantaine de composés divers. lis sont. tous constitués avec un préverbe ἀναδολὴ «rembiai. manteau, prélude, délai», suivant les emplois et divers sens de ἀνα-; ἀποθδολή, διαδολή «accusation, colomnie »: ἐχδολή, εἰσδολή, … — [Chantraine, s.v. Βολή, p. 176]

2. βολή · bolē — LSJ

throw

throw:

1 stroke, wound, shafts of love, stroke, touch, swing

stroke or wound of a missile (opp. πληγή, of sword or pike), Od. 17.283, cf. 24.161; β. πέτρων E. Or. 59; λίθων Phld. Ir. p.31 W. (pl.); μέχρι λίθου καὶ ἀκοντίου βολῆς Th. 5.65; β. ἔρωτος shafts of love, AP 12.160; βολαῖς . . σφόγγος ὤλεσεν γραφήν by its stroke or touch, A. Ag. 1329; swing of ἁλτῆρες, Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.34.1.

2 throws, casts

κύβων βολαί throws or casts of dice, S. Fr. 429.

3 quick glances

metaph., β. ὀφθαλμῶν quick glances, Od. 4.150; κάτω . . βλεμμάτων ῥέπει β. A. Fr. 242, cf. Philostr. VS 2.27.5.

4 bolts, beams, with, rays, radiance

β. κεραύνιοι thunder-bolts, A. Th. 430; βολαὶ ἡλίου sun-beams, S. Aj. 877, cf. E. Ion 1134; χρυσοῦ . . βολαῖς with golden rays, of a statue, IG 14.1026 (iii A. D.); βολαὶ χιόνος radiance, E. Ba. 662; τὰς ψυχὰς οἷον βολὰς εἶναι λέγουσιν Plot. 6.4.3.

5

βολαί, = ὠδῖνες, Procop. Goth. 4.22.

6 payment

payment, ἀποδώσω ἐπὶ βολαῖς δυσίν Stud.Pal. 20.139 (vi A. D.).

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  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. βολή (scan pp. 176-177; entry #1180).

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