βολή
Etym. βάλλω
1. "a throw, the stroke or wound" of a missile, opp. to πληγή (stroke of sword or pike), Od., Eur., Thuc.: βολαῖς σφόγγος ὤλεσεν γραφήν by its "stroke or touch", Aesch.
2. metaph., like βέλος, "a glance" from the eyes, Od.
3. βολαὶ κεραύνιοι thunder- "bolts", Aesch.; βολαὶ ἡλίου sun- "beams", Soph.; βολὴ χιόνος "a" snow- "shower", Eur.