Βολίς
throwing-spear
Translated by Jennifer Benedict13 Jun 2002Vetting: high12 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] missile, javelin, small lance.1
Also [sc. attested is]bo/los ["casting-net"], that which is thrown in catching fish.
In the Epigrams: "Pigres throwing his casting-net at winged [birds], Cleitoros [his] among the sea-creatures, Damis [his] among the desert beasts."2 And elsewhere: "a crag well trodden by fish-spearing gulls".3
Also [sc. attested is]bo/los ["cast"], in the Epigrams: "and the cork which serves as the sign of his hidden casts".4
Also [sc. attested is]
In the Epigrams: "Pigres throwing his casting-net at winged [birds], Cleitoros [his] among the sea-creatures, Damis [his] among the desert beasts."2 And elsewhere: "a crag well trodden by fish-spearing gulls".3
Also [sc. attested is]