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ἔμβολον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

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, ὥστ̓ 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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