Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐμβόλιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐμβόλιμος ἐμβόλιμον

Structure: ἐμβολιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)mba/llw

Sense

  1. inserted, intercalated

Examples

  • οὗτοι ἐόντεσ ἐνιαυτοὶ ἑβδομήκοντα παρέχονται ἡμέρασ διηκοσίασ καὶ πεντακισχιλίασ καὶ δισμυρίασ, ἐμβολίμου μηνὸσ μὴ γινομένου· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 32 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. inserted

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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