βέλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[missile]], esp. <b class="b2">arrow, dart</b>, freq. in Hom.; of the piece of rock [[hurled]] by the Cyclops, τόντονδε βαλὼν β. <span class="bibl">Od.9.495</span>; of an ox's leg [[thrown]] by one of the suitors at Ulysses, <span class="bibl">20.305</span>; of a stool, <span class="bibl">17.464</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπὲκ βελέων</b> out <b class="b2">of the reach of darts</b>, out <b class="b2">of shot</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.4.465</span>; ἐκ βελέων <span class="bibl">11.163</span>; ἔξω βελῶν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.69</span>, etc.; ἔξω βέλους <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span> 2.27.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span>4</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἐντὸς βέλους</b>, <span class="bibl">D.S.20.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span> 1.2.5</span>; <b class="b3">εἴσω β. παρελθεῖν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1.6.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> used of <b class="b2">any weapon</b>, as <b class="b2">a sword</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>345</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>658</span>; an [[axe]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>1159</span>; <b class="b2">the sting</b> of a scorpion, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>169</span>; of the gad-fly, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>556</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἀγανὰ βέλεα</b> of Apollo, <span class="bibl">Il.24.759</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.280</span>, and of Artemis, ib.<span class="bibl">5.124</span>, denote <b class="b2">sudden, easy death</b> of men and women respectively; <b class="b3">βέλος ὀξύ</b>, of Ilithyia, [[pangs]] of childbirth, <span class="bibl">Il.11.269</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.27.29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> after Hom. of <b class="b2">anything swift-darting</b>, <b class="b3">Διὸς βέλη</b> <b class="b2">the bolts</b> of Zeus, lightnings, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.79</span>, etc.; Ζηνὸς ἄγρυπνον β. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>360</span>; <b class="b3">πύρπνουν β</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">917</span>; <b class="b3">βέλεσι πυρπνόου ζάλης</b>, of a storm, ib.<span class="bibl">373</span>; πάγων δύσομβρα β. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>358</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ὀμμάτων β</b>. [[glance]] of the eye, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 742</span>; <b class="b3">φίλοικτον β</b>. a piteous [[glance]], ib. <span class="bibl">241</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἱμέρου β</b>. the [[shaft]] of love, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>649</span>; θυμοῦ βέλη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>893</span> (s.v.l.); of arguments, πᾶν τετόξευται β. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>679</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>23b</span>; <b class="b3">β. τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος</b>, of invective, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>51.8</span>; of <b class="b2">mental anguish</b> or [[fear]], ἄτλατον β. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span> 1.48</span> (v.l. [[δέος]]) ὁ φθόνος αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἑοῖς βελέεσσι δαμάζει <span class="title">AP</span>10.111. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">engine of war</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>82.8</span>: pl., [[artillery]], ib.<span class="bibl">97.10</span>. (Cf. <b class="b3">βάλλω</b>, Lith. [[gélti]] 'sting', <b class="b2">gēla\</b> 'sharp pain', OHG.[[quelan]] 'feel sharp pain'. Root <b class="b2">gu̯el-</b> 'pierce', cf. [[δέλλιθες]].)</span>