- βάλλω
- βάλλωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `throw, hit' (Il.), orig. `reach, hit by throwing'?, s. DELG.Other forms: Aor. βαλεῖν (βλείην, ξυμβλήτην, ἔβλητο), pf. βέβληκα, -μαι, (βεβολημένος from *βέβολα Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1,235?), fut. βαλῶ, also βαλλήσω (s. βαλλητύς).Dialectal forms: Arc. δέλλω in ἐσ-δέλλω = ἐκ-βάλλω, also ζέλλω, ἔζελεν (EM, s. below).Compounds: Many compounds: ἀνα-, ἀπο-, ἐμ-, ἐκ-βάλλω etc.Derivatives: 1. βόλος m. `thowing, net' (A.); in comp. πρόβολος m. `projecting land' etc. (Od.) - 2. βολή f. `throw(ing)' (Il.). - Many deriv. from βόλος, βολή: see DELG - 3. βέλος n. `throwing weapon' (Il.); cf. βελόνη. - 4. βέλεμνον `arrow, javelin' (Il.), s. below). - 5. -βλής in comp., e.g.. προβλής, -ῆτος `projecting' (Il.). - 6. βλῆμα `throw, throwing weapon; wound'. - 7. -βλησις in comp., ἀνάβλησις `delay' (Il.). - 8. -βληστρον (for the σ Schwyzer 706) in ἀμφίβληστρον `net' (Hes.). S. βαλλητύς, βλῆτρον. - Few agent nouns; beside βλήτειρα ὀιστῶν (Alex. Aet.); in comp. (hellen.) -βολεύς, e. g. ἀμφιβολεύς; also διαβλήτωρ (Man.) = διάβολος. In comp. -έτης in ἑκατηβελέ-της (Il.) = ἑκατηβόλος. - Adj.: in comp. -βλητικός and -βλήσιμος; adverbs in -δην, παραβλήδην (Il.). - Deverb. βολέω in βεβολήατο, βεβολημένος etc., but s. Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 435.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [472] *gʷelh₁- `hit by throwing'Etymology: Ion.-Att. βάλλω and Arc. δέλλω (with sec. assibilation ζέλλω) show original gu̯-. The geminate -λλ- either from a yod-present *βαλ-ιω or a nasal present *βαλ-ν-H-ω, athem. *βάλ-ν-η-μι. δέλλω (ζέλλω) from the aorist ἔζελεν ἔβαλεν H., which was reshaped from an athematich aor (*e-gʷelh₁-t). βελε- also in ἑκατηβελέτης, and in βελεμν- (but s. Fur. 151: to πελεμίζω). ἔβαλον from the athem. aor. zero grade *gʷl̥h₁-. The form βλη- prob. from zero grade *gʷl̥h₁-, which is certain for ἔβλητο. - Remarkably, this old verb has no certain relatives. Av. ni-γrā-ire prob. for *niγnā-; uncertain Toch. A B klā- `fall', Skt. ud-gūrṇa-, OIr. atbaill `dies'; s. LIV. (Not to Skt. galati `drip', OHG. quellan `hervorquellen' etc.) - Cf. βούλομαι, βάλανος, βελόνη, βῶλος, βωλόναι.Page in Frisk: 1,216-217
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.