προσβολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προσβάλλω (prosbállō, “to apply”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /proz.bo.lɛ̌ː/ → /proz.βoˈli/ → /proz.voˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /proz.bo.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /proz.boˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /proz.βoˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /proz.voˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /proz.voˈli/

Noun

προσβολή • (prosbolḗ) f (genitive προσβολῆς); first declension

1. a putting to, application
2. a falling on, attack, assault
3. attack party
4. an approaching, arrival
5. landing place, harbour
6. chance, accident, fate
7. the iron point of a weapon

Declension

First declension of ἡ προσβολή; τῆς προσβολῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ προσβολή hē prosbolḗ	τὼ προσβολᾱ́ tṑ prosbolā́	αἱ προσβολαί hai prosbolaí
Genitive	τῆς προσβολῆς tês prosbolês	τοῖν προσβολαῖν toîn prosbolaîn	τῶν προσβολῶν tôn prosbolôn
Dative	τῇ προσβολῇ têi prosbolêi	τοῖν προσβολαῖν toîn prosbolaîn	ταῖς προσβολαῖς taîs prosbolaîs
Accusative	τὴν προσβολήν tḕn prosbolḗn	τὼ προσβολᾱ́ tṑ prosbolā́	τᾱ̀ς προσβολᾱ́ς tā̀s prosbolā́s
Vocative	προσβολή prosbolḗ	προσβολᾱ́ prosbolā́	προσβολαί prosbolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: προσβολή (prosvolí)

Further reading

• “προσβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “προσβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• προσβολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • access idem, page 5.
  • appliance idem, page 35.
  • application idem, page 36.
  • approach idem, page 37.
  • attack idem, page 49.
  • charge idem, page 125.
  • employment idem, page 269.
  • impact idem, page 419.
  • infliction idem, page 438.
  • landing place idem, page 475.
  • onslaught idem, page 574.
  • outbreak idem, page 582.
  • percussion idem, page 607.
  • seizure idem, page 750.
  • storming idem, page 821.
  • stroke idem, page 827.
  • visitation idem, page 954.

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Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek προσβολή (prosbolḗ).

Noun

προσβολή • (prosvolí) f (plural προσβολές)

1. insult, offense (deliberatedly intended to be rude)
2. insult (thing causing offense by being of unacceptable quality)
3. onset, offense, attack

Declension

Declension of προσβολή

	singular	plural
nominative	προσβολή •	προσβολές •
genitive	προσβολής •	προσβολών •
accusative	προσβολή •	προσβολές •
vocative	προσβολή •	προσβολές •

Related terms

• προσβάλλω (prosvállo)
• προσβλητικός (prosvlitikós)
• προσβεβλημένος (prosvevliménos)

See also

• αδίκημα n (adíkima, “offence, crime”)