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ἔμβολον?

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration: embolon

Principal Part: ἔμβολον ἐμβόλου

Structure: ἐμβολ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. wedge, peg, stopper
  2. bolt, bar
  3. architrave
  4. prow of warships (rammed into opposing ships)
  5. (in the plural) The rostra, or tribune of the Latin forum
  6. wedge-shaped order of battle (Latin cuneus, acies cuneata)
  7. graft

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καθάπερ Ἐπαμεινώνδας ἔν τε Λεύκτροις αὐτοὺς Θηβαίους ἔταξε καὶ πρὸς Μαντινείας τοὺς πάντας Βοιωτούς, ὥσπερ ἔμβολον ποιήσας καὶ ἐπάγων τῇ τάξει τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων - , ἢ αὖ εἰ δέοι τοὺς ἐπελαύνοντας ἀποκρούσασθαι, καθάπερ πρὸς τοὺς Σαυρομάτας τε καὶ τοὺς Σκύθας, χρὴ τάσσειν. (Arrian, chapter 11 2:1)
  • αἳ μὲν τετράγωνοι, αἳ δὲ ἑτερομήκεις, αἳ δὲ ῥομβοειδεῖς, αἳ δὲ ἐς ἔμβολον συνηγμέναι. (Arrian, chapter 16 2:1)
  • τὸ δὲ ἥμισυ τοῦ ῥόμβου ἔμβολόν ἐστιν, ὥστ᾿ ἐνταὐτῷ δεδήλωταί μοι καὶ τοῦ ἐμβόλου τὸ σχῆμα. (Arrian, chapter 17 4:1)
  • τὸ τοιοῦτον ἔμβολον καλεῖται. (Arrian, chapter 29 8:1)
  • οἶνον δὲ πίνειν οὐκ ἐάσω πράμνιον, οὐ Χῖον, οὐχὶ Θάσιον, οὐ Πεπαρήθιον, οὐδ ἄλλον ὅστις ἐπεγερεῖ τὸν ἔμβολον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 52 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. bolt

  2. prow of warships

  3. wedge-shaped order of battle

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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