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βόλος, a throw with a casting-net, a cast

βόλος, ὁ,
  • 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. Util. 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.

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