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ἐμβόλιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐμβόλιμος ἐμβόλιμον

Structure: ἐμβολιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)mba/llw

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

Related

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

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