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|mdlsjtxt=[Root !βαλ]<br />A. Act. to [[throw]]:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> with acc. of [[person]] or [[thing]] aimed at, to [[throw]] so as to hit, to hit one with a [[missile]], opp. to [[striking]] ([[τύπτω]], [[οὐτάω]]), [[βλήμενος]] ἠὲ τυπείς Il.; c. dupl. acc. pers. et partis, μιν [[βάλε]] μηρὸν ὀϊστῶι Il.: c. acc. cogn. added, [[ἕλκος]], τό μιν [[βάλε]] the [[wound]] [[which]] he gave him, Il.:—also, [[βάλε]] κατ' ἀσπίδα smote [[upon]] it, Il.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of things, ἡνίοχον ῥαθάμιγγες ἔβαλλον Il.; of the Sun, ἀκτῖσιν ἔβαλλεν [χθόνα] Od.: to [[strike]] the senses, of [[sound]], [[κτύπος]] [[οὔατα]] βάλλει Il.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> metaph., β. τινὰ κακοῖς to [[smite]] with reproaches, Soph., etc.; [[φθόνος]] βάλλει τινά Aesch.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> with acc. of the [[weapon]] thrown, to [[throw]], [[cast]], [[hurl]], βαλὼν [[βέλος]] Il; ἐν νηυσὶν πῦρ βάλλειν Il.:—with dat. of the [[weapon]], to [[throw]] or [[shoot]] with a [[thing]], χερμαδίοισι Il.; βέλεσι β. τινα Hom.; β. ἐπί τινα to [[throw]] at one, Thuc.; ἐπὶ σκοπόν or σκοποῦ Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[generally]] of [[anything]] thrown, εἰς ἅλα λύματ' ἔβαλλον Il., etc.:—of persons, β. τινὰ ἐν κονίηισιν, ἐν δαπέδωι Hom., etc.; metaph., ἐς κακὸν β. τινά Od.; β. τινὰ ἐς φόβον Eur.; also, ἐν αἰτίαι or [[αἰτία]] β. τινά Soph.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to let [[fall]], [[ἑτέρωσε]] [[κάρη]] βάλεν Il.; β. ἀπὸ [[δάκρυ]] παρειῶν Od.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> of the eyes, [[ἑτέρωσε]] βάλ' ὄμματα [[cast]] them the [[other]] way, Od., etc.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> in a [[loose]] [[sense]], to [[throw]], to put, [[place]], ἐν στήθεσσι [[μένος]] [[βάλε]] Il.; [[ὅπως]] φιλότητα μετ' ἀμφοτέροισι βάλωμεν may put frienship [[between]] them, Il.; β. τί τινι ἐν θυμῶι Od.; ἐς θυμὸν β. to lay to [[heart]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> to put [[round]], ἀμφ' ὀχέεσσι [[βάλε]] [[κύκλα]] Il.; and of [[clothes]] or [[arms]], ἀμφὶ δ' [[Ἀθήνη]] ὤμοις βάλ' αἰγίδα Il.<br /><b class="num">7.</b> βαλών is [[sometimes]] added, like [[λαβών]] or ἔχων, at the end of a [[sentence]], almost as an expletive, with, Soph.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> intr., ποταμὸς εἰς ἅλα βάλλων falling, Il.; ἐν πέδωι [[βαλῶ]] (sc. ἐμαυτήν) Aesch.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> so in [[familiar]] [[language]], βάλλ' ἐς κόρακας [[away]] with you! be hanged! Lat. pasce corvos! abi in malam rem! Ar.<br />B. Mid. to put for [[oneself]], ἐνὶ θυμῶι [[βάλλευ]] lay it to [[heart]], Od.; ἐς θυμὸν βάλλεσθαί τι Hdt.; ἐφ' [[ἑωυτοῦ]] βαλόμενος on one's own [[judgment]], of [[oneself]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> τόξα or [[ξίφος]] ἀμφ' ὤμοις βάλλεσθαι to [[throw]] [[about]] one's [[shoulder]], Il.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> ἐς γαστέρα βάλλεσθαι, of a [[woman]], to [[conceive]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> to lay the foundations of, [[begin]] to [[form]], οἰκοδομίαν, [[στρατόπεδον]], Plat., etc.; β. ἄγκυραν to [[cast]] [[anchor]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[rarely]], [[χρόα]] βάλλεσθαι λουτροῖς to [[dash]] one's [[flesh]] with [[water]], [[bathe]], Hhymn.

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