βάλλω Root !βαλ Act. to throw: 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 Il.: c. acc. cogn. added, ἕλκος, τό μιν βάλε the wound which he gave him, Il.:—also, βάλε κατʼ ἀσπίδα smote upon it, Il. of things, ἡνίοχον ῥαθάμιγγες ἔβαλλον Il.; of the Sun, ἀκτῖσιν ἔβαλλεν χθόνα Od.: to strike the senses, of sound, κτύπος οὔατα βάλλει Il. metaph., β. τινὰ κακοῖς to smite with reproaches, Soph., etc.; φθόνος βάλλει τινά Aesch. with acc. of the weapon thrown, to throw, cast, hurl, βαλὼν βέλος Il; ἐν νηυσὶν πῦρ βάλλειν Il.:—with dat. of the weapon, to throw or shoot with a thing, χερμαδίοισι Il.; βέλεσι β. τινα Hom.; β. ἐπί τινα to throw at one, Thuc.; ἐπὶ σκοπόν or σκοποῦ Xen. generally of anything thrown, εἰς ἅλα λύματʼ 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. to let fall, ἑτέρωσε κάρη βάλεν Il.; β. ἀπὸ δάκρυ παρειῶν Od. of the eyes, ἑτέρωσε βάλʼ ὄμματα cast them the other way, Od., etc. in a loose sense, to throw, to put, place, ἐν στήθεσσι μένος βάλε Il.; ὅπως φιλότητα μετʼ ἀμφοτέροισι βάλωμεν may put frienship between them, Il.; β. τί τινι ἐν θυμῶι Od.; ἐς θυμὸν β. to lay to heart, Soph. to put round, ἀμφʼ ὀχέεσσι βάλε κύκλα Il.; and of clothes or arms, ἀμφὶ δʼ Ἀθήνη ὤμοις βάλʼ αἰγίδα Il. βαλών is sometimes added, like λαβών or ἔχων, at the end of a sentence, almost as an expletive, with, Soph. intr., ποταμὸς εἰς ἅλα βάλλων falling, Il.; ἐν πέδωι βαλῶ (sc. ἐμαυτήν) Aesch. so in familiar language, βάλλʼ ἐς κόρακας away with you! be hanged! Lat. pasce corvos! abi in malam rem! Ar. Mid. to put for oneself, ἐνὶ θυμῶι βάλλευ lay it to heart, Od.; ἐς θυμὸν βάλλεσθαί τι Hdt.; ἐφʼ ἑωυτοῦ βαλόμενος on oneʼs own judgment, of oneself, Hdt. τόξα or ξίφος ἀμφʼ ὤμοις βάλλεσθαι to throw about oneʼs shoulder, Il. ἐς γαστέρα βάλλεσθαι, of a woman, to conceive, Hdt. to lay the foundations of, begin to form, οἰκοδομίαν, στρατόπεδον, Plat., etc.; β. ἄγκυραν to cast anchor, Hdt. rarely, χρόα βάλλεσθαι λουτροῖς to dash oneʼs flesh with water, bathe, Hhymn.