βολίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βολίς • (bolís) f (genitive βολίδος); third declension

  1. javelin, dart
  2. cast of the dice
  3. die
  4. (Byzantine) lightray
  5. (Byzantine) jab (mild verbal insult)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ βολῐ́ς; τῆς βολῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βολῐ́ς
hē bolĭ́s 		τὼ βολῐ́δε
tṑ bolĭ́de 		αἱ βολῐ́δες
hai bolĭ́des
Genitive τῆς βολῐ́δος
tês bolĭ́dos 		τοῖν βολῐ́δοιν
toîn bolĭ́doin 		τῶν βολῐ́δων
tôn bolĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ βολῐ́δῐ
tēî bolĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν βολῐ́δοιν
toîn bolĭ́doin 		ταῖς βολῐ́σῐ / βολῐ́σῐν
taîs bolĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν βολῐ́δᾰ
tḕn bolĭ́dă 		τὼ βολῐ́δε
tṑ bolĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς βολῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s bolĭ́dăs
Vocative βολῐ́ς
bolĭ́s 		βολῐ́δε
bolĭ́de 		βολῐ́δες
bolĭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Quotations

  • New Testament, Epistle to the Hebrews 12:20b:
    Κἂν θηρίον θίγῃ τοῦ ὄρους, λιθοβοληθήσεται ἢ βολίδι κατατοξευθήσεται·
    Kàn thēríon thígēi toû órous, lithobolēthḗsetai ḕ bolídi katatoxeuthḗsetai;
    • Translation by KJV
      And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

Descendants

  • Greek: βολίδα (volída)
  • Latin: bolis (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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