βόλος, ὁ,
throw with a casting-net, Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.62 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέγα δίκτυον ἐς β. ἕλκει draws it back for a cast, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.40: _metaphorically_, εἰς β. καθίστασθαι, ἔρχεσθαι] Refs 3rd c.BC+], fall within the cast of the net, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 848, “Rh.” 730. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b net, [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.75, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 8.3; for birds, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.184 (1st c.BC: Zosimus Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 thing caught, ἰχθύων β. draught, catch, of fishes, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 424, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.91c] Refs 4th c.BC+]; βόλον ἀνσπάς ασθαι land one's catch, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 582. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II casting of teeth, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 576b13 (_plural_), “GA” 748b9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; καταμαθεῖν τὸν β. examine a horse's teeth, [[ 4th c.AD(?): Hierocles Facetiarum Scriptor “Facet.” 37. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__III cast of dice, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.204, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Plautus Comicus Latinus “Rud.” 360. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__IV βόλος· θύρα, πηλός (i. e. βῶλος). [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]