A.lump, clod of earth, “εἴκοι δ᾽ ὑπὸ βῶλος ἀρότρῳ” Od.18.374; “ὑγρᾶς ἀρούρας β.” S.Aj.1286; “ὡς βαλῶ ταύτῃ τῇ βώλῳ” X.Cyr.8.3.27; “β. ἀνιστάναι” Plu.Rom.11; βῶλος ἄρουραν, prov. 'carrying coals to Newcastle', Zen.2.74; esp. of earth fraudulently mixed with corn, POxy.708.8 (ii A. D.); cf. ἄβωλος.
2. in Poets, land, soil, “βαθεῖαν β. ἀροῦντες” Mosch.4.37, cf. AP9.561 (Phil.), etc.; Λίβυσσα κρύψει β. Ἀννίβου δέμας Orac. ap. Plu.Flam.20, cf. Jul.Or.3.125b.
3. generally, lump, as of gold, nugget, Arist. Mir.833b11, Str.3.2.8; χρυσέα βῶλος, of the sun, E.Fr.783, cf. Or.984 (lyr.); “β. μολίβδου” D.S.3.14.
4. = βωλίτης, Sch.Nic.Al.526.
5. = σπαργάνιον, Ps.-Dsc.4.21 (v. l.). (Fem. acc. to Phryn.37, Moer. 95; masc. in Arist. l.c., D.C.40.47, PHolm.2.31, etc.)
