βολή

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.).