βέλος

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷélHos, from *gʷelH-. (The expected form is *δέλος, but the initial consonant has evidently been leveled with that of the cognate verb βάλλω (bállō).) Cognates include Old High German quelan and Lithuanian gelti.

Pronunciation

Noun

βέλος • (bélos) n (genitive βέλους or βέλεος); third declension

1. missile, arrow, dart
2. weapon
3. something quickly moving
4. artillery

See also

• ὀβελός (obelós)

Further reading

• βέλος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βέλος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βέλος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βέλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• βέλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βέλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
• βέλος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G956 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • arrow idem, page 42.
  • bolt idem, page 88.
  • dart idem, page 195.
  • javelin idem, page 462.
  • lance idem, page 474.
  • missile idem, page 535.
  • projectile idem, page 653.
  • rapier idem, page 672.
  • shaft idem, page 760.
  • spear idem, page 799.
  • sword idem, page 849.
  • weapon idem, page 970.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βέλος (bélos).

Noun

βέλος • (vélos) n (plural βέλη)

1. arrow, dart, (arrow) shaft
2. cursor, pointer