βόλος,ὁ,
A. throw with a casting-net, Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.62 ;μέγα δίκτυον ἐς β. ἕλκειdraws it back fora cast, Theoc. 1.40 : metaph.,εἰς β. καθίστασθαι, ἔρχεσθαι, fall withinthe castof the net, E. Ba. 848 , Rh. 730 .
b. net, Herod. 7.75 , Ael. NA 8.3 ; for birds, AP 6.184 ( Zos. ).
2. thing caught,ἰχθύων β. draught, catch, of fishes, A. Pers. 424 , Plu. 2.91c ;βόλον ἀνσπάς ασθαιland one'scatch, E. El. 582 .
II. casting of teeth, Arist. HA 576b13 (pl.), GA 748b9 ;καταμαθεῖν τὸν β.examine a horse'steeth, Hierocl. Facet. 37 .
III. cast of dice, Poll. 7.204 , Plaut. Rud. 360 .
IV. βόλος: θύρα, πηλός(i. e.βῶλος). Hsch.