ἔμβολον
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ἔμβολος (émbolos)
Etymology
[edit]From ἐμβάλλω (embállō, “I put in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I put, place, throw”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ém.bo.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈem.bo.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈem.bo.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈem.bo.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈem.bo.lon/
Noun
[edit]ἔμβολον • (émbolon) n (genitive ἐμβόλου); second declension
- wedge, peg, stopper
- bolt, bar
- architrave
- prow of warships (rammed into opposing ships)
- (in the plural) The rostra, or tribune of the Latin forum
- wedge-shaped order of battle (Latin cuneus, acies cuneata)
- graft
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἔμβολον tò émbolon |
τὼ ἐμβόλω tṑ embólō |
τᾰ̀ ἔμβολᾰ tà émbola | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐμβόλου toû embólou |
τοῖν ἐμβόλοιν toîn embóloin |
τῶν ἐμβόλων tôn embólōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐμβόλῳ tôi embólōi |
τοῖν ἐμβόλοιν toîn embóloin |
τοῖς ἐμβόλοις toîs embólois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἔμβολον tò émbolon |
τὼ ἐμβόλω tṑ embólō |
τᾰ̀ ἔμβολᾰ tà émbola | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔμβολον émbolon |
ἐμβόλω embólō |
ἔμβολᾰ émbola | ||||||||||
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References
[edit]- “ἔμβολον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἔμβολον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔμβολον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἔμβολον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.