βολή
Oἷς ὁ βιος ἀεὶ φόβων καὶ ὑποψίας ἐστὶ πλήρης, τούτοις οὔτε πλοῦτος οὔτε δόξα τέρψιν παρέχει. → To those for whom life is always full of fears and suspicion, neither wealth nor fame offers pleasure.
English (LSJ)
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A throw: 1 stroke or wound of a missile (opp. πληγή, of sword or pike), Od.17.283, cf. 24.161; β. πέτρων E.Or.59; λίθων Phld.Ir.p.31 W. (pl.); μέχρι λίθου καὶ ἀκοντίου βολῆς Th.5.65; β. ἔρωτος shafts of love, AP12.160; βολαῖς . . σφόγγος ὤλεσεν γραφήν by its stroke or touch, A.Ag.1329; swing of ἁλτῆρες, Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.34.1. 2 κύβων βολαί throws or casts of dicc, S.Fr.429. 3 metaph., β. ὀφθαλμῶν quick glances, Od.4.150; κάτω . . βλεμμάτων ῥέπει β. A.Fr.242, cf. Philostr.VS2.27.5. 4 β. κεραύνιοι thunder-bolts, A. Th.430; βολαὶ ἡλίου sun-beams, S.Aj.877, cf. E.Ion 1134; χρυσοῦ . . βολαῖς with golden rays, of a statue, IG14.1026 (iii A. D.); βολαὶ χιόνος radiance, E.Ba.662; τὰς ψυχὰς οἷον βολὰς εἶναι λέγουσιν Plot.6.4.3. 5 βολαί, = ὠδῖνες, Procop.Goth.4.22. 6 payment, ἀποδώσω ἐπὶ βολαῖς δυσίν Stud.Pal.20.139 (vi A. D.).
