βέλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[missile]], esp. [[arrow]], [[dart]], 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 [[suitor]]s at [[Ulysses]], <span class="bibl">20.305</span>; of a stool, <span class="bibl">17.464</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπὲκ βελέων</b> [[out of the reach of darts]], [[out of shot]], <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"><span class="bld">2</span> used of any [[weapon]], as a [[sword]], <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>; the [[sting]] of a [[scorpion]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>169</span>; of the [[gadfly|gad-fly]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>556</span>. </span><span class="sense"><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 [[sudden]], [[easy]] [[death]] of men and women respectively; <b class="b3">βέλος ὀξύ</b>, of [[Ilithyia]], [[pang]]s of [[childbirth]], <span class="bibl">Il.11.269</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.27.29</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> after Hom. of anything [[swift-darting]], <b class="b3">Διὸς βέλη</b> the [[bolt]]s of [[Zeus]], [[lightning]]s, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.79</span>, etc.; Ζηνὸς ἄγρυπνον βέλος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>360</span>; <b class="b3">πύρπνουν βέλος</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 βέλος</b> = [[glance]] of the [[eye]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 742</span>; <b class="b3">φίλοικτον βέλος</b> a [[piteous]] [[glance]], ib. <span class="bibl">241</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἱμέρου βέλος</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> ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]); of [[argument]]s, 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 [[mental anguish]] or [[fear]], [[ἄτλατος|ἄτλατον]] βέλος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span> 1.48</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[δέος]]) ὁ [[φθόνος]] αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἑοῖς βελέεσσι δαμάζει <span class="title">AP</span>10.111. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[engine of war]], <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>82.8</span>: pl., [[artillery]], ib.<span class="bibl">97.10</span>. (Cf. [[βάλλω]], Lith. [[gélti]] 'sting', gēla 'sharp pain', OHG. quelan 'feel sharp pain'. Root <b class="b2">gu̯el-</b> 'pierce', cf. [[δέλλιθες]].)</span>