βολή

bole

throw

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Laws 3
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Book VII 2
Chapter ?

815a6
824a8
Book VIII 1
Chapter ?

830e3
Cratylus 1
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420c3

Dictionary (LSJ)

βολή, ἡ, A. throw: 1. stroke or wound of a missile (opp. πληγή, of sword or pike), Od. 17.283, cf. 24.161; β. πέτρων E. Or. 59; λίθων Phld. Ir.p.31 W. (pl.); μέχρι λίθου καὶ ἀκοντίου βολῆς Th. 5.65; β. ἔρωτος shafts of love, AP 12.160; βολαῖς . . σφόγγος ὤλεσεν γραφήν by its stroke or touch, A. Ag. 1329; swing of ἁλτῆρες, Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.34.1. 2. κύβων βολαί throws or casts of dicc, S. Fr. 429. 3. metaph., β. ὀφθαλμῶν quick glances, Od. 4.150; κάτω . . βλεμμάτων ῥέπει β. A. Fr. 242, cf. Philostr. VS 2.27.5. 4. β. κεραύνιοι thunder-bolts, A. Th. 430; βολαὶ ἡλίου sun-beams, S. Aj. 877, cf. E. Ion 1134; χρυσοῦ . . βολαῖς with golden rays, of a statue, IG 14.1026 (iii A. D.); βολαὶ χιόνος radiance, E. Ba. 662; τὰς ψυχὰς οἷον βολὰς εἶναι λέγουσιν Plot. 6.4.3. 5. βολαί, = ὠδῖνες, Procop. Goth. 4.22. 6. payment, ἀποδώσω ἐπὶ βολαῖς δυσίν Stud.Pal. 20.139 (vi A. D.).

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