βῶλος, ἡ,
less frequently ὁ (see. entry near the end), lump, clod of earth, εἴκοι δ᾽ ὑπὸ βῶλος ἀρότρῳ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.374; ὑγρᾶς ἀρούρας β. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1286; ὡς βαλῶ ταύτῃ τῇ βώλῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.27; β. ἀνιστάναι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 11 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; βῶλος ἄρουραν, proverbial 'carrying coals to Newcastle', [[ 2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 2.74 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; especially of earth fraudulently mixed with corn, [[ “POxy.” 708.8 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; compare ἄβωλος.
__2 in Poets, land, soil, βαθεῖαν β. ἀροῦντες [[ 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 4.37, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 9.561 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus), etc.] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Λίβυσσα κρύψει β. Ἀννίβου δέμας Oracle texts cited in [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flamininus” 20, compare 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 3.125b. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3 generally, lump, as of gold, nugget, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 833b11, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.2.8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; χρυσέα βῶλος, of the sun, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 783, compare “Or.” 984 (Lyric poetry); β. μολίβδου 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.14. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 ={βωλίτης}, [[Scholia 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 526. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__5 ={σπαργάνιον}, Ps.-[[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.21 (variant). (Fem. _accusative_ to 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 37, 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 95; _masculine_ in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus [same place], 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 40.47, “PHolm.” 2.31, etc.) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]