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ἐμβόλιμος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: embolimos

Principal Part: ἐμβόλιμος ἐμβόλιμον

Structure: ἐμβολιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. inserted, intercalated

Examples

  • ὅθεν ἄρα καὶ τῶν εἰρηνικῶν πολλὰ Ῥωμαίοις διωρθώσατο καὶ τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν ἀνώμαλον ἔτι ὄντα διὰ τοὺς ἔσθ ὅτε μῆνας ἐμβολίμους ῾κατὰ γὰρ σελήνην αὐτοῖς ἠριθμεῖτὀ ἐς τὸν τοῦ ἡλίου δρόμον μετέβαλεν, ὡς ἦγον Αἰγύπτιοι. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 21 6:2)
  • ἐμβολίμους δὲ μῆνας οὐκ ἄγουσιν οὐδ ἡμέρας ὑφαιροῦσι, καθάπερ οἱ πλεῖστοι τῶν Ἑλλήνων. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 50 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. inserted

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

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