blh`sqai ; part. blhvmen : pf. bevblhmai , Ion. 3 pl. beblhvatai , plqpf. ejbeblhvato .
A.
Act.
to throw:
I.
with
acc.
of person or thing aimed at,
to throw so as to hit, to hit
one with a missile,
opp. to
striking
(
tuvptw, oujtavw
)
, blhvmeno" hje; tupeiv"
Il.;
c.
dupl.
acc.
pers. et partis,
min bavle mhro;n oji>stw`/
Ib.:
c. acc. cogn.
added,
e{lko", tov min bavle
the wound which
he gave
him, Ib.:—also,
bavle katÆ ajspivda
smote upon
it, Ib.
2. of things, hJnivocon rJaqavmigge" e[ballon Ib.; of the Sun, ajkti`sin e[ballen »cqovna1/4 Od.: to strike
the senses, of sound, ktuvpo" ou[ata bavllei Il.
3.
metaph
.,
b. tina; kakoi`"
to smite
with reproaches,
Soph.
,
etc.
;
fqovno" bavllei tinav
Aesch.
II.
with
acc.
of the weapon thrown,
to throw, cast, hurl,
balw;n bevlo"
Il;
ejn nhusi;n pu`r bavllein
Ib.:—with
dat.
of the weapon,
to throw
or
shoot with
a thing,
cermadivosi
Ib.;
bevlesi b. tina
Hom
.;
b. ejpiv tina
to throw at
one,
Thuc.
;
ejpi; skopovn
or
skopou`
Xen.
2.
generally of anything thrown,
eij" a{la luvmatÆ e[ballon
Il.,
etc.
:—of persons,
b. tina; ejn konivh/sin, ejn dapevdw/
Hom
.,
etc.
;
metaph.
,
ej" kako;n b. tinav
Od.;
b. tina;ej" fovbon
Eur
.; also,
ejn aijtiva/
or
aijtiva
b. tinav
Soph.
3.
to let fall,
eJtevrwse kavrh bavlen
Il.;
b. ajpo; davkru pareiw`n
Od.
4.
of the eyes,
eJtevrwse bavlÆ o[mmata
cast
them the other way, Ib.,
etc.
5.
in a loose sense,
to throw, to put, place,
ejn sthvqessi mevno" bavle
Il.;
o{pw" filovthta metÆ ajmfotevroisi bavlwmen
may put
friendship between them, Ib.;
b. tiv tini ejn qumw`/
Od.;
ej" qumo;n b
.
to lay
to heart,
Soph.
6 to put round, ajmfÆ ojcevessi bavle kuvkla Il.; and of clothes or arms, ajmfi; dÆ jAqhvnh w[moi" bavlÆ aijgivda Ib.
7. balwvn is sometimes added, like labwvn or e[cwn , at the end of a sentence, almost as an expletive, with, Soph.
III.
intr
.,
potamo;" eij" a{la bavllwn
falling,
Il.;
ejn pevdw/ balw`
(
sc.
ejmauthvn
)
Aesch.
2.
so in familiar language,
bavllÆ ej" kovraka"
away with you! be hanged!
Lat.
pasce corvos! abi in malam rem
!
Ar.
B. Med. to put for oneself, ejni; qumw`/ bavlleu layit to heart, Od.; ej" qumo;n bavllesqaiv ti Hdt .; ejfÆ eJwutouØ balovmeno" on ones own judgment, of oneself, Id.
2.
tovxa
or
xivfo" ajmfÆ w[moi" bavllesqai
to throw about ones
shoulder, Il.
3.
ej" gastevra bavllesqai
, of a woman,
to conceive,
Hdt.
4.
to lay the foundations of, begin to form,
oijkodomivan, stratovpedon
,
Plat.
,
etc.
;
b. a[gkuran
to
cast
anchor,
Hdt.
II. rarely, crova bavllesqai loutroi`" to dash ones flesh with water, bathe, h. Hom.
balov"
ba<Eth>lov" , oJ , Dor. for bhlov" .
ba±lw` , f. ind. and aor. 2 subj. of bavllw .
ba`ma
ba`ma , tov , Dor. for bh`ma .