βέλος, εος, τό,
1. missile, esp. arrow, dart, freq. in Hom.; of the piece of rock hurled by the Cyclops, τόντονδε βαλὼν β. Od. 9.495; of an ox’s leg thrown by one of the suitors at Ulysses, 20.305; of a stool, 17.464; ὑπὲκ βελέων out of the reach of darts, out of shot, Il. 4.465; ἐκ βελέων 11.163; ἔξω βελῶν X. Cyr. 3.3.69, etc.; ἔξω βέλους Arr. An. 2.27.1, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 4; opp. ἐντὸς βέλους, D.S. 20.6, Arr. An. 1.2.5; εἴσω β. παρελθεῖν ib. 1.6.8.
2. used of any weapon, as a sword, Ar. Ach. 345, cf. S. Aj. 658; an axe, E. El. 1159; the sting of a scorpion, A. Fr. 169; of the gad-fly, Id. Supp. 556.
3. ἀγανὰ βέλεα of Apollo, Il. 24.759, Od. 3.280, and of Artemis, ib. 5.124, denote sudden, easy death of men and women respectively; βέλος ὀξύ, of Ilithyia, pangs of childbirth, Il. 11.269, cf. Theoc. 27.29.
4. after Hom. of anything swift-darting, Διὸς βέλη the bolts of Zeus, lightnings, Pi. N. 10.8, cf. Hdt. 4.79, etc.; Ζηνὸς ἄγρυπνον β. A. Pr. 360; πύρπνουν β. ib. 917; βέλεσι πυρπνόου ζάλης, of a storm, ib. 373; πάγων δύσομβρα β. S. Ant. 358: metaph., ὀμμάτων β. glance of the eye, A. Ag. 742; φίλοικτον β. a piteous glance, ib. 241 (lyr.); ἱμέρου β. the shaft of love, Id. Pr. 649; θυμοῦ βέλη S. OT 893 (s.v.l.); of arguments, πᾶν τετόξευται β. A. Eu. 679, cf. Pl. Phlb. 23b; β. τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος, of invective, Lib. Or. 51.8; of mental anguish or fear, ἄτλατον β. Pi. N. 1.48 (v.l. δέος) ὁ φθόνος αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἑοῖς βελέεσσι δαμάζει AP 10.111.
5. engine of war, Ph. Bel. 82.8: pl., artillery, ib. 97.10. (Cf. βάλλω, Lith. gélti ’sting’, gçla’sharp pain’, OHG. quelan ’feel sharp pain’. Root g[uglide]el- ’pierce’, cf. δέλλιθες.)
* βελόνη , - ης , ἡ
( < βέλος ),
1. a sharp point, as of a spear.
2. a needle: [Luk 18:25] ( Rec. ῥαφίς , q.v. ). †
βέλος , - εος , τό
( < βάλλω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H2671;]
a missile, a dart: [Eph 6:16]. †