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βῶλος

βῶλος, a lump of earth, a clod

βῶλος, ἡ, less freq. ὁ (v. sub fin.),
  • lump, clod of earth, εἴκοι δʼ ὑπὸ βῶλος ἀρότρῳ Od. 18.374; ὑγρᾶς ἀρούρας β. S. Aj. 1286; ὡς βαλῶ ταύτῃ τῇ βώλῳ X. Cyr. 8.3.27; β. ἀνιστάναι Plu. Rom. 11; βῶλος ἄρουραν, prov. ‘carrying coals to Newcastle’, Zen. 2.74; esp. of earth fraudulently mixed with corn, POxy. 708.8 (ii A. D.); cf. ἄβωλος.
      • 2 in Poets, land, soil, βαθεῖαν β. ἀροῦντες Mosch. 4.37, cf. AP 9.561 (Phil.), etc.; Λίβυσσα κρύψει β. Ἀννίβου δέμας Orac. ap. Plu. Flam. 20, cf. Jul. Or. 3.125b.
      • 3 generally, lump, as of gold, nugget, Arist. Mir. 833b11, Str. 3.2.8; χρυσέα βῶλος, of the sun, E. Fr. 783, cf. Or. 984 (lyr.); β. μολίβδου D.S. 3.14.
      • 4 = βωλίτης, Sch. Nic. Al. 526.
      • 5 = σπαργάνιον, Ps.-Dsc. 4.21 (v. l.). (Fem. acc. to Phryn. 37, Moer. 95; masc. in Arist. l.c., D.C. 40.47, PHolm. 2.31, etc.)

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