βάλλω
ballō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2023-07-09
Primary meaning to cast (rays)
Literal translation to throw
Variants
βάλλω ballō
Edited by
to cast (rays) astrological concept

ἡ ἄφεσις ἕως τῆς διαμέτρου Ἄρεως τῆς ἐν Σκορπίῳ μοίρας καʹ· τοῖς γὰρ ἀφετικοῖς ὁρίοις ἐφεστὼς εἰς τὰ αὐτὰ ὅρια βάλλων ἀνεῖλεν.

‘The start (of the lifetime calculation) went up to the point in opposition to Mars, in the 21st degree of Scorpio: for, being in the starting terms and casting (rays) into the same terms, Mars destroyed (i.e., ended the life).’

— Vettius Valens 3.5.14

Genre: horoscope
Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 110,III)

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APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). βάλλω (Lemma #708). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/708/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). βάλλω (Lemma #708). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/708/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). βάλλω (Lemma #708). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/708/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) βάλλω (Lemma #708), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/708/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac708,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {βάλλω ({Lemma} #708)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/708/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/708/},
}