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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[throw]]: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[stroke]] or [[wound]] of a missile (opp. [[πληγή]], of sword or pike), <span class="bibl">Od.17.283</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">24.161</span>; β. πέτρων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>59</span>; λίθων Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.31 W. (pl.); μέχρι λίθου καὶ ἀκοντίου βολῆς <span class="bibl">Th.5.65</span>; β. ἔρωτος [[shafts of love]], AP12.160; <b class="b3">βολαῖς… σφόγγος ὤλεσεν γραφήν</b> by its [[stroke]] or [[touch]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1329</span>; [[swing]] of [[ἁλτῆρες]], Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib. 6.34.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">κύβων βολαί</b> [[throws]] or [[casts]] of dicc, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>429</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., <b class="b3">β. ὀφθαλμῶν</b> [[quick glances]], <span class="bibl">Od.4.150</span>; κάτω… βλεμμάτων ῥέπει β. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>242</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>2.27.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">β. κεραύνιοι</b> thunder-[[bolts]], <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Th.</span>430</span>; <b class="b3">βολαὶ ἡλίου</b> sun-[[beams]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>877</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 1134</span>; <b class="b3">χρυσοῦ… βολαῖς</b> [[with]] golden [[rays]], of a statue, <span class="title">IG</span>14.1026 (iii A. D.); <b class="b3">βολαὶ χιόνος</b> [[radiance]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>662</span>; τὰς ψυχὰς οἷον βολὰς εἶναι λέγουσιν <span class="bibl">Plot.6.4.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[βολαί]], = [[ὠδῖνες]], <span class="bibl">Procop.<span class="title">Goth.</span>4.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> [[payment]], ἀποδώσω ἐπὶ βολαῖς δυσίν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Stud.Pal.</span>20.139</span> (vi A. D.).</span>