βολή, ἡ,
throw:
__1 stroke or wound of a missile (opposed to πληγή, of sword or pike), [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.283, compare 24.161; β. πέτρων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 59; λίθων 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.31 W. (_plural_); μέχρι λίθου καὶ ἀκοντίου βολῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.65; β. ἔρωτος ] Refs 8th c.BC+]shafts of love, [[ Anthologia Graeca 12.160 ] Refs]; βολαῖς.. σφόγγος ὤλεσεν γραφήν by its stroke or touch, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1329 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; swing of ἁλτῆρες, [[ 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 6.34.1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 κύβων βολαί throws or casts of dicc, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 429. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, β. ὀφθαλμῶν quick glances, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.150; κάτω.. βλεμμάτων ῥέπει β. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 242, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.27.5. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__4 β. κεραύνιοι thunder-bolts, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 430 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; βολαὶ ἡλίου sun-beams, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 877, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1134 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρυσοῦ.. βολαῖς with golden rays, of a statue, [[ “IG” 14.1026 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; βολαὶ χιόνος radiance, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 662; τὰς ψυχὰς οἷον βολὰς εἶναι λέγουσιν 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.4.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]