00906

@LINK βάλλω

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906. βάλλω [Root ΒΑΛ] 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 (τύπτω, οὐτάω), βλήμενος ἠὲ τυπείς Il.; c. dupl. acc. pers. et partis, μιν βάλε μηρὸν ὀϊστῶι id=Il.: c. acc. cogn. added, ἕλκος, τό μιν βάλε the wound which he gave him, id=Il.:—also, βάλε κατ᾽ ἀσπίδα smote upon it, id=Il.
2. of things, ἡνίοχον ῥαθάμιγγες ἔβαλλον id=Il.; of the Sun, ἀκτῖσιν ἔβαλλεν [χθόνα] Od.: to strike the senses, of sound, κτύπος οὔατα βάλλει Il.
3. metaph., β. τινὰ κακοῖς to smite with reproaches, Soph., etc.; φθόνος βάλλει τινά Aesch.
II. with acc. of the weapon thrown, to throw, cast, hurl, βαλὼν βέλος Il; ἐν νηυσὶν πῦρ βάλλειν id=Il.:—with dat. of the weapon, to throw or shoot with a thing, χερμαδίοισι id=Il.; βέλεσι β. τινα Hom.; β. ἐπί τινα to throw at one, Thuc.; ἐπὶ σκοπόν or σκοποῦ Xen.
2. generally of anything thrown, εἰς ἅλα λύματ᾽ ἔβαλλον Il., etc.:—of persons, β. τινὰ ἐν κονίηισιν, ἐν δαπέδωι Hom., etc.; metaph., ἐς κακὸν β. τινά Od.; β. τινὰ ἐς φόβον Eur.; also, ἐν αἰτίαι or αἰτία β. τινά Soph.
3. to let fall, ἑτέρωσε κάρη βάλεν Il.; β. ἀπὸ δάκρυ παρειῶν Od.
4. of the eyes, ἑτέρωσε βάλ᾽ ὄμματα cast them the other way, id=Od., etc.
5. in a loose sense, to throw, to put, place, ἐν στήθεσσι μένος βάλε Il.; ὅπως φιλότητα μετ᾽ ἀμφοτέροισι βάλωμεν may put frienship between them, id=Il.; β. τί τινι ἐν θυμῶι Od.; ἐς θυμὸν β. to lay to heart, Soph.
6. to put round, ἀμφ᾽ ὀχέεσσι βάλε κύκλα Il.; and of clothes or arms, ἀμφὶ δ᾽ Ἀθήνη ὤμοις βάλ᾽ αἰγίδα id=Il.
7. βαλών is sometimes added, like λαβών or ἔχων, at the end of a sentence, almost as an expletive, with, Soph.
III. intr., ποταμὸς εἰς ἅλα βάλλων falling, Il.; ἐν πέδωι βαλῶ (sc. ἐμαυτήν) Aesch.
2. so in familiar language, βάλλ᾽ ἐς κόρακας away with you! be hanged! Lat. pasce corvos! abi in malam rem! Ar.
B. Mid. to put for oneself, ἐνὶ θυμῶι βάλλευ lay it to heart, Od.; ἐς θυμὸν βάλλεσθαί τι Hdt.; ἐφ᾽ ἑωυτοῦ βαλόμενος on one's own judgment, of oneself, id=Hdt.
2. τόξα or ξίφος ἀμφ᾽ ὤμοις βάλλεσθαι to throw about one's shoulder, Il.
3. ἐς γαστέρα βάλλεσθαι, of a woman, to conceive, Hdt.
4. to lay the foundations of, begin to form, οἰκοδομίαν, στρατόπεδον, Plat., etc.; β. ἄγκυραν to cast anchor, Hdt.
II. rarely, χρόα βάλλεσθαι λουτροῖς to dash one's flesh with water, bathe, Hhymn.

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906. βάλλω bavllw ballo {bal'-lo}
a primary verb; to throw (in various applications, more or less violent or intense):--arise, cast (out), X dung, lay, lie, pour, put (up), send, strike, throw (down), thrust. Compare 4496. see GREEK for 4496

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906 bad bad

perhaps from 909 (in the sense of divided fibres); flaxen
thread or yarn; hence, a linen garment:--linen.
see HEBREW for 0909