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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[throw with a casting-net]], Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.62</span>; <b class="b3">μέγα δίκτυον ἐς β. ἕλκει</b> draws it back for [[a cast]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.40</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">εἰς β. καθίστασθαι, ἔρχεσθαι</b>, fall within [[the cast]] of the net, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>848</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>730</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[net]], <span class="bibl">Herod.7.75</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>8.3</span>; for birds, <span class="title">AP</span>6.184 (Zos.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[thing caught]], <b class="b3">ἰχθύων β</b>. [[draught]], [[catch]], of fishes, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 424</span>, Plu.2.91c; <b class="b3">βόλον ἀνσπάς ασθαι</b> land one's [[catch]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>582</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[casting of teeth]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>576b13</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">GA</span>748b9</span>; <b class="b3">καταμαθεῖν τὸν β</b>. examine a horse's [[teeth]], Hierocl.<span class="title">Facet.</span>37. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[cast of dice]], <span class="bibl">Poll.7.204</span>, Plaut.<span class="title">Rud.</span>360. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">βόλος· θύρα, πηλός</b> (i. e. [[βῶλος]]). Hsch.</span>