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βάλλω , fut. βα^λῶ (in Att. Prose only in compds.), Ion.
A.βαλέωIl. 8.403, “βαλλήσωAr.V.222,1491: aor. 2 ἔβα^λον, Ion. “προ-βάλεσκεOd. 5.331; later aor. 1 “ἔβαλαLXX3 Ki.6.1 (5.18); Ep. and Ion. inf. “βαλέεινIl.2.414,al., Hdt.2.111,al., but “βαλεῖνIl.13.387, 14.424; opt. βλείης in Epich.219, part. “βλείςId.176, as if from ἔβλην (v. συμβάλλω): pf. βέβληκα: plpf. ἐβεβλήκειν, Ep. “βεβλήκεινIl.5.661:—Med., Ion. impf. “βαλλέσκετοHdt.9.74: fut. βα^λοῦμαι προ-) Ar.Ra.201, (ἐπι-) Th.6.40, etc., Ep. βαλεῦμαι ἀμφι-) Od.22.103: aor. 2 ἐβα^λόμην, Ion. imper.“βαλεῦHdt.8.68.γ́, used mostly in compds.:—Pass., fut. “βληθήσομαιX.HG7.5.11, (δια-) E.Hec.863; also “βεβλήσομαιId.Or.271, Hld.2.13, (δια-) D.16.2; part. “δια-βεβλησόμενοςPhilostr. VA6.13 (Ep. fut. ξυμ-βλήσομαι, v. συμβάλλω): aor. “ἐβλήθηνHdt.1.34, Th.8.84, etc.: Hom. also has an Ep. aor. Pass., “ἔβλητοIl.11.675, “ξύμβλητο14.39; subj. “βλήεταιOd.17.472; opt. βλῇο or “βλεῖοIl.13.288; inf. “βλῆσθαι4.115; part. “βλήμενος15.495: pf. βέβλημαι, Ion. 3pl. “βεβλήαται11.657 (but 3sg. h.Ap.20), opt. “δια-βεβλῇσθεAnd.2.24: plpf. ἐβεβλήμην περι-) X.HG7.4.22, (ἐξ-) Isoc.18.17; Ion. 3pl. “περι-εβεβλέατοHdt.6.25.—Ep. pf. βεβόλημαι in special sense, v. βολέω.
A. Act., throw:
I. with acc. of person or thing aimed at, throw so as to hit, hit with a missile, freq. opp. striking with a weapon in the hand, “βλήμενος ἠὲ τυπείςIl.15.495; “τὸν βάλεν, οὐδ᾽ ἀφάμαρτε11.350, cf. 4.473, al.; so even in “ἐγγύθεν ἐλβὼν βεβλήκει . . δουρί5.73; and “δουρὶ ὤμων μεσσηγὺς σχεδόθεν βάλε16.807; but later opp. τοξεύειν, D.9.17, X.An.4.2.12; ἐκ χειρὸς β. ib.3.3.15: c. dat. instrumenti, β. τινὰ δουρί, πέτρῳ, κεραυνῷ, etc., Il.13.518, 20.288, Od.5.128, etc.: “βλήμενος ἰῷ ἔγχεϊIl.8.514: c. dupl. acc. pers. et partis, “μιν βάλε μηρὸν ὀϊστῷ11.583: c. acc. partis only, 5.19,657; so “τὸν δ᾽ Ὀδυσεὺς κατὰ λαιμὸν . . βάλεν ἰῷOd.22.15; “δουρὶ βαλὼν πρὸς στῆθοςIl. 11.144: c. acc. cogn., “ἕλκος. ., τό μιν βάλε Πάνδαρος ἰῷ5.795; also βάλε Τυδεΐδαο κατ᾽ ἀσπίδα smote upon it, ib.281.
II. with acc. of the weapon thrown, cast, hurl, of missiles, rare in Hom., “βαλὼν βέλοςOd.9.495; “χαλκὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι βαλώνIl.5. 346, cf. Od.20.62; “ἐν νηυσὶν . . πῦρ β.Il.13.629: c. dat., of the weapon, throw or shoot with a thing, “οἱ δ᾽ ἄρα χερμαδίοισι . . βάλλον12.155; “βέλεσιOd.16.277: in Prose abs., β. ἐπί τινα throw at one, Th.8.75; “ἐπὶ σκοπόνX.Cyr.1.6.29; “ἐπίσκοπαLuc.Am.16; alone, “οἱ ψιλοὶ βάλλοντες εἶργονTh.4.33: c. gen., βάλλοντα τοῦ σκοποῦ hitting the mark, Pl.Sis.391a.
2. generally of anything thrown, “εἰς ἅλα λύματ᾽ ἔβαλλονIl.1.314; “τὰ μὲν ἐν πυρὶ βάλλεOd.14.429; [“νῆα] β. ποτὶ πέτρας12.71; εὐνὰς β. throw out the anchor-stones, 9.137; β. σπόρον cast the seed, Theoc.25.26; “β. κόπρονPOxy.934.9 (iii A. D.): hence “β. ἀρούραςmanure, PFay.118.21 (ii A. D.): metaph., “ὕπνον . . ἐπὶ βλεφάροις β.Od.1.364; “β. σκότον ὄμμασιE.Ph.1535(lyr.); “β. λύπην τινίS.Ph.67.
3. let fall,ἑτέρωσε κάρη βάλενIl.8.306, cf. 23.697; “β. ἀπὸ δάκρυ παρειῶνOd.4.198, cf. 114; “κατὰ βλεφάρων β. δάκρυαThgn. 1206; “κατ᾽ ὄσσωνE.Hipp.1396; “αἵματος πέμφιγα πρὸς πέδῳ β.A.Fr. 183; β. τοὺς ὀδόντας cast, shed them, Arist.HA501b2, etc.; so βάλλειν alone, ib.576a4; “βοῦς βεβληκώςSIG958.7 (Ceos).
4. of the eyes, ἑτέρωσε βάλ᾽ ὄμματα cast them, Od.16.179; “ὄμματα πρὸς γῆνE.Ion 582; “πρόσωπον εἰς γῆνId.Or.958: intr., ὀφθαλμὸς πρὸς τὸ φῶς βαλών aiming at . . , Plot.2.4.5; βαλὼν πρὸς αὐτό directing one's gaze at . . , Id.3.8.10.
d. pay, PLond.3.1177 (ii A. D.), POxy.1448.5 (iv A. D.).
7. of dice, throw,τρὶς ἓξ βαλεῖνA.Ag.33, cf. Pl.Lg.968e; “ἄλλα βλήματ᾽ ἐν κύβοις βαλεῖνE.Supp.330: so prob. ψῆφος βαλοῦσα, abs., by its throw, A.Eu.751: metaph., εὖ or “καλῶς βάλλεινto be lucky, successful, Phld.lr.p.51 W., Rh.1.10 S.
2. in familiar language, “βάλλ᾽ ἐς κόρακαςaway with you! be hanged! Ar.V.835, etc.; “βάλλ᾽ ἐς μακαρίανPl.Hp.Ma.293a, cf. Men.Epit.389.
4. lay as foundation,κρηπῖδα βαλέσθαιPi.P.7.3, cf. 4.138, Luc.Hipp.4; also, lay the foundations of, begin to form,οἰκοδομίαςPl.Lg.779b; “χάρακαPlb.3.105.10, Poll. 8.161; simply, build,ἱερὸν περί τιPhilostr.VA4.13; β. ἄγκυραν cast anchor, Hdt.9.74, etc.; “καθάπερ ἐξ ἀγκυρῶν βαλλόμενος ψυχῆς δεσμούςPl.Ti.73d.
II. rarely, χρόα βάλλεσθαι λουτροῖς dash oneself with water, bathe, h.Cer.50 (but “λουτρὰ ἐπὶ χροῒ βαλεῖνE.Or.303). (Arc. -δέλλω in ἐσ-δέλλοντες, = ἐκ-βάλλοντες, IG5(2).6.49: ζέλλειν: βάλλειν, Hsch. Root g[uglide]el- 'throw', Skt.galati 'trickle', OHG. quellan 'spurt up', Lith. gulēti 'lie'.)
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