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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /bo.lís/, /βoˈlis/, /voˈlis/, /bo.lís/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /boˈlis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /βoˈlis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /voˈlis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /voˈlis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*gʷelH-}}, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*gʷelH-|t=to throw}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|βολίδος|f|third}} βολίς • (bolís) f (genitive βολίδος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|βολίς|βολίδος|form=F}} Forms: bolís [romanization], βολίδος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ βολῐ́ς [nominative, singular], βολῐ́δε [dual, nominative], αἱ βολῐ́δες [nominative, plural], τῆς βολῐ́δος [genitive, singular], βολῐ́δοιν [dual, genitive], βολῐ́δων [genitive, plural], τῇ βολῐ́δῐ [dative, singular], βολῐ́δοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς βολῐ́σῐ [dative, plural], βολῐ́σῐν [dative, plural], taîs bolĭ́sĭ [dative, plural], taîs bolĭ́sĭn [dative, plural], τὴν βολῐ́δᾰ [accusative, singular], βολῐ́δε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς βολῐ́δᾰς [accusative, plural], βολῐ́ς [singular, vocative], βολῐ́δε [dual, vocative], βολῐ́δες [plural, vocative]
  1. javelin, dart
    Sense id: en-βολίς-grc-noun-OVS2pRbg
  2. cast of the dice
    Sense id: en-βολίς-grc-noun-1l5Jzrt~
  3. die
    Sense id: en-βολίς-grc-noun-qNefQN23
  4. (Byzantine) lightray Tags: Byzantine
    Sense id: en-βολίς-grc-noun-SD9FU91K Categories (other): Byzantine Greek, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Dice games, Light, Weapons Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 6 5 3 52 34 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 6 6 3 50 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 5 1 54 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 4 2 58 31 Disambiguation of Dice games: 4 26 11 43 15 Disambiguation of Light: 16 16 8 34 25 Disambiguation of Weapons: 15 3 3 59 19
  5. (Byzantine) jab (mild verbal insult) Tags: Byzantine
    Sense id: en-βολίς-grc-noun-RD8dEz4i Categories (other): Byzantine Greek
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: βάλλω (bállō), βέλεμνον (bélemnon), βέλος (bélos), βλῆμα (blêma), βολή (bolḗ), βόλος (bólos)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "βολίδα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: βολίδα (volída)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: βολίδα (volída)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "bolis"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: bolis",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: bolis (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷelH-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷelH-",
        "t": "to throw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bolís",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολίδος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ βολῐ́ς",
      "roman": "hē bolĭ́s",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́δε",
      "roman": "bolĭ́de",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ βολῐ́δες",
      "roman": "hai bolĭ́des",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς βολῐ́δος",
      "roman": "tês bolĭ́dos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "bolĭ́doin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́δων",
      "roman": "bolĭ́dōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ βολῐ́δῐ",
      "roman": "têi bolĭ́dĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "bolĭ́doin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς βολῐ́σῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́σῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs bolĭ́sĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs bolĭ́sĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν βολῐ́δᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn bolĭ́dă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́δε",
      "roman": "bolĭ́de",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς βολῐ́δᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s bolĭ́dăs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́ς",
      "roman": "bolĭ́s",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́δε",
      "roman": "bolĭ́de",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́δες",
      "roman": "bolĭ́des",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βολίδος",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "βολίς • (bolís) f (genitive βολίδος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βολίς",
        "2": "βολίδος",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bállō",
      "word": "βάλλω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bélemnon",
      "word": "βέλεμνον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bélos",
      "word": "βέλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "blêma",
      "word": "βλῆμα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bolḗ",
      "word": "βολή"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bólos",
      "word": "βόλος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "javelin, dart"
      ],
      "id": "en-βολίς-grc-noun-OVS2pRbg",
      "links": [
        [
          "javelin",
          "javelin"
        ],
        [
          "dart",
          "dart"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cast of the dice"
      ],
      "id": "en-βολίς-grc-noun-1l5Jzrt~",
      "links": [
        [
          "cast",
          "cast"
        ],
        [
          "dice",
          "dice"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "die"
      ],
      "id": "en-βολίς-grc-noun-qNefQN23",
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Byzantine Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 5 3 52 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 6 3 50 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 5 1 54 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 4 2 58 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 26 11 43 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Dice games",
          "orig": "grc:Dice games",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 8 34 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Light",
          "orig": "grc:Light",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 3 3 59 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "grc:Weapons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lightray"
      ],
      "id": "en-βολίς-grc-noun-SD9FU91K",
      "links": [
        [
          "lightray",
          "lightray"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Byzantine) lightray"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Byzantine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Byzantine Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jab (mild verbal insult)"
      ],
      "id": "en-βολίς-grc-noun-RD8dEz4i",
      "links": [
        [
          "jab",
          "jab"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Byzantine) jab (mild verbal insult)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Byzantine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bo.lís/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βoˈlis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voˈlis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo.lís/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/boˈlis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βoˈlis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voˈlis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voˈlis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "University of Chicago"
  ],
  "word": "βολίς"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷelH-",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Dice games",
    "grc:Light",
    "grc:Weapons"
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "βολίδα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: βολίδα (volída)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: βολίδα (volída)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "bolis"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: bolis",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: bolis (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bolís",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολίδος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ βολῐ́ς",
      "roman": "hē bolĭ́s",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́δε",
      "roman": "bolĭ́de",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ βολῐ́δες",
      "roman": "hai bolĭ́des",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς βολῐ́δος",
      "roman": "tês bolĭ́dos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "bolĭ́doin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́δων",
      "roman": "bolĭ́dōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ βολῐ́δῐ",
      "roman": "têi bolĭ́dĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "bolĭ́doin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς βολῐ́σῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́σῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs bolĭ́sĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs bolĭ́sĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν βολῐ́δᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn bolĭ́dă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́δε",
      "roman": "bolĭ́de",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς βολῐ́δᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s bolĭ́dăs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́ς",
      "roman": "bolĭ́s",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́δε",
      "roman": "bolĭ́de",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βολῐ́δες",
      "roman": "bolĭ́des",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βολίδος",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βολίς",
        "2": "βολίδος",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "bállō",
      "word": "βάλλω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bélemnon",
      "word": "βέλεμνον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bélos",
      "word": "βέλος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "blêma",
      "word": "βλῆμα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bolḗ",
      "word": "βολή"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bólos",
      "word": "βόλος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "javelin, dart"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "javelin",
          "javelin"
        ],
        [
          "dart",
          "dart"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cast of the dice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cast",
          "cast"
        ],
        [
          "dice",
          "dice"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "die"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Byzantine Greek"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lightray"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lightray",
          "lightray"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Byzantine) lightray"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Byzantine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Byzantine Greek"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jab (mild verbal insult)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jab",
          "jab"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Byzantine) jab (mild verbal insult)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Byzantine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bo.lís/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βoˈlis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voˈlis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo.lís/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/boˈlis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βoˈlis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voˈlis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voˈlis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "University of Chicago"
  ],
  "word": "βολίς"
}

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