βῶλος

βῶλος, ἡ, less freq. ὁ (v. sub fin.),

A lump, clod of earth,

εἴκοι δ' ὑπὸ βῶλος ἀρότρῳ Od.18.374

;

ὑγρᾶς ἀρούρας β. S.Aj.1286

;

ὡς βαλῶ ταύτῃ τῇ βώλῳ X.Cyr.8.3.27

;

β. ἀνιστάναι Plu.Rom.11

; βῶλος ἄρουραν, prov. 'carrying coals to Newcastle', Zen.2.74; esp. of earth fraudulently mixed with corn, POxy.708.8 (ii A. D.); cf. ἄβωλος.

2 in Poets, land, soil,

βαθεῖαν β. ἀροῦντες Mosch.4.37

, cf. AP9.561 (Phil.), etc.; Λίβυσσα κρύψει β. Ἀννίβου δέμας Orac. ap. Plu.Flam.20, cf. Jul.Or.3.125b.

3 generally, lump, as of gold, nugget, Arist. Mir.833b11, Str.3.2.8; χρυσέα βῶλος, of the sun, E.Fr.783, cf. Or.984 (lyr.);

β. μολίβδου D.S.3.14

.

4 = βωλίτης, Sch.Nic.Al.526.

5 = σπαργάνιον, Ps.-Dsc.4.21 (v. l.). (Fem. acc. to Phryn.37, Moer. 95; masc. in Arist. l.c., D.C.40.47, PHolm.2.31, etc.)