Βαλεῖν

The [verb that means] to send from afar. But ou)ta/sai ["to hurt"] and nu/cai ["to pierce"] and tu/yai ["to strike"] [mean] to wound from the hand.¹
*ba/llein ["to hit"] in Homer is also [used] for "to happen upon" [tugxa/nein]: "[to] hit all wild things."²