β78Βάλλειν μήλοις
to hit with apples
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who happen upon those they love. Also [sc. attested is] ba/llw ["I hit"]: [used] with an accusative. "Those far away [he was] hitting with arrows out of the blackness.…
Βάλλειν μήλοις· ἐπὶ τῶν τυγχανόντων ὧν ἐρῶσιν. καὶ Βάλλω· αἰτιατικῇ. τοὺς πόρρωθεν βάλλων τοξεύμασι τοῖς ἐκ μέλανος. καὶ τόνδ' οὐ δύναμαι βαλέειν κύνα λυσσητῆρα.