βόλος

See also: Βόλος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bó.los/ → /ˈβo.los/ → /ˈvo.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bó.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβo.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.los/

Etymology 1

From βάλλω (bállō, “I throw or cast”).

Noun

βόλος • (bólos) m (genitive βόλου); second declension

1. a throw with a casting-net, a cast of a net
   1. (transferred senses):
      1. a net
      2. the thing caught, a draught or catch
2. a casting of teeth
3. a cast of dice
4. Synonym of θύρα (thúra)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ βόλος; τοῦ βόλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βόλος ho bólos	τὼ βόλω tṑ bólō	οἱ βόλοι hoi bóloi
Genitive	τοῦ βόλου toû bólou	τοῖν βόλοιν toîn bóloin	τῶν βόλων tôn bólōn
Dative	τῷ βόλῳ tôi bólōi	τοῖν βόλοιν toîn bóloin	τοῖς βόλοις toîs bólois
Accusative	τὸν βόλον tòn bólon	τὼ βόλω tṑ bólō	τοὺς βόλους toùs bólous
Vocative	βόλε bóle	βόλω bólō	βόλοι bóloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• βέλος (bélos)

Descendants

• → Latin: bolus

Etymology 2

Noun

βόλος • (bólos) m (genitive βόλου); second declension

1. Alternative form of βῶλος (bôlos)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ βόλος; τοῦ βόλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βόλος ho bólos	τὼ βόλω tṑ bólō	οἱ βόλοι hoi bóloi
Genitive	τοῦ βόλου toû bólou	τοῖν βόλοιν toîn bóloin	τῶν βόλων tôn bólōn
Dative	τῷ βόλῳ tôi bólōi	τοῖν βόλοιν toîn bóloin	τοῖς βόλοις toîs bólois
Accusative	τὸν βόλον tòn bólon	τὼ βόλω tṑ bólō	τοὺς βόλους toùs bólous
Vocative	βόλε bóle	βόλω bólō	βόλοι bóloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “βόλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βόλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βόλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 1 βόλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• βόλος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cast idem, page 116.
  • catch idem, page 118.
  • draught idem, page 250.
  • haul idem, page 388.
  • shoal idem, page 767.

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvolos/
• Hyphenation: βό‧λος

Noun

βόλος • (vólos) m (plural βόλοι)

1. Alternative form of βώλος (vólos)

Declension

Declension of βόλος

	singular	plural
nominative	βόλος •	βόλοι •
genitive	βόλου •	βόλων •
accusative	βόλο •	βόλους •
vocative	βόλε •	βόλοι •