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βολή
shot (a throw or a firing of a weapon) /voˈli/
nounB1#1238 most common
Also: throw, free throw (in basketball)
Example sentences
Η βολή ήταν καλή.
The shot was good.
Ο στρατιώτης έριξε μια βολή.
The soldier fired a shot.
Ο παίκτης σημείωσε δύο βολές.
The player scored two free throws.
Το πεδίο βολής είναι κλειστό σήμερα.
The shooting range is closed today.
Ο σκοπευτής υπολόγισε την απόσταση πριν από κάθε βολή.
The marksman calculated the distance before each shot.
Βρισκόμασταν εντός βολής των εχθρικών πυροβόλων, οπότε καλυφθήκαμε αμέσως.
We were within range of the enemy's guns, so we took cover at once.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η βολή | οι βολές |
| Genitive | της βολής | των βολών |
| Accusative | τη βολή | τις βολές |
| Vocative | βολή | βολές |
Word family
βάλλωto throw, to shoot
βόλιbullet
συμβολήcontribution, confluence
υποβολήsubmission (of an application, etc.)
εμβόλιοvaccine (literally, something inserted)Etymology
βολή comes from ancient Greek βάλλω, "to throw." It uses the o-grade stem βολ- plus the suffix -ή, which turns a verb root into a feminine noun of action or result. In classical Greek it named any throw or strike, including the flight of a weapon or a bolt of lightning. The deeper origin of βάλλω itself is not settled; some scholars link it to an Indo-European root for throwing, but others argue it may come from a pre-Greek substrate word, so no root can be stated with confidence.
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