βόλος

bolos-2

throw with a casting-net

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 5
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Book VI 3
Chapter 22 575b21–577a17

576b13
576b16

Chapter 24 577b19–578a5

577b20
Book VIII 2
Chapter 15 599a30–600a9

600a8

Chapter 19 601b9–602b19

602b8
Generation of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 747a23–749a6

748b9

Dictionary (LSJ)

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

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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