βέλος,εος,τό,
A. missile, esp.arrow, dart, freq. in Hom. ; of the piece of rockhurledby the Cyclops, τόντονδε βαλὼν β.
Od. 9.495
; of an ox's legthrownby one of the suitors at Ulysses, 20.305 ; of a stool, 17.464 ;ὑπὲκ βελέωνoutof the reach of darts, outof shot, Il. 4.465 ; ἐκ βελέων
11.163
; ἔξω βελῶν
X. Cyr. 3.3.69
, etc.; ἔξω βέλους
Arr. An. 2.27.1
, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 4 ; opp.ἐντὸς βέλους, D.S. 20.6 , Arr. An. 1.2.5 ;εἴσω β. παρελθεῖνib. 1.6.8 .
2. used ofany weapon, asa sword, Ar. Ach. 345 , cf. S. Aj. 658 ; anaxe, E. El. 1159 ;the stingof a scorpion, A. Fr. 169 ; of the gad-fly, Id. Supp. 556 .
3. ἀγανὰ βέλεαof Apollo, Il. 24.759 , Od. 3.280 , and of Artemis, ib. 5.124 , denotesudden, easy deathof men and women respectively;βέλος ὀξύ, of Ilithyia,pangsof childbirth, Il. 11.269 , cf. Theoc. 27.29 .
4. after Hom. ofanything swift-darting,Διὸς βέλη the boltsof Zeus, lightnings, Pi. N. 10.8 , cf. Hdt. 4.79 , etc.; Ζηνὸς ἄγρυπνον β.