ἔμβολον
Second declension Noun; Neuter
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἔμβολον
ἐμβόλου
Structure:
ἐμβολ
(Stem)
+
ον
(Ending)
Sense
- wedge, peg, stopper
- bolt, bar
- architrave
- prow of warships (rammed into opposing ships)
- (in the plural) The rostra, or tribune of the Latin forum
- wedge-shaped order of battle (Latin cuneus, acies cuneata)
- 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.
- διὸ καὶ τοῖσ ἐμβόλοισ τὸν τόπον κοσμῶν ὕστερον ἔστησε χαλκοῦν ὄνον καὶ ἄνθρωπον. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 65 3:3)
- ὡσ δὲ πλῆθοσ ἐν στενῷ νεῶν ἤθροιστ’ ἀρωγὴ δ’ οὔτισ ἀλλήλοισ παρῆν, αὐτοὶ δ’ ὑφ’ αὑτῶν ἐμβόλοισ χαλκοστόμοισ παίοντ’, ἔθραυον πάντα κωπήρη στόλον, Ἑλληνικαί τε νῆεσ οὐκ ἀφρασμόνωσ κύκλῳ πέριξ ἔθεινον, ὑπτιοῦτο δὲ σκάφη νεῶν, θάλασσα δ’ οὐκέτ’ ἦν ἰδεῖν, ναυαγίων πλήθουσα καὶ φόνου βροτῶν. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode 3:9)
- τινὲσ δὲ καὶ τὸν λέοντα τὸν λίθινον, ὃσ ἔκειτο τῆσ ἀγορᾶσ τῆσ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἐν τῷ κρατίστῳ χωρίῳ παρὰ τοῖσ ἐμβόλοισ, ἐπὶ τῷ σώματι τοῦ Φαιστύλου τεθῆναί φασιν, ἔνθα ἔπεσεν ὑπὸ τῶν εὑρόντων ταφέντοσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 87 3:2)
- τοῦ δὲ Νικάνοροσ νυκτὸσ ἀναχθέντοσ καὶ διαφωσκούσησ τῆσ ἡμέρασ οὗτοι μὲν ἐπιπεσόντεσ ἄφνω τοῖσ πολεμίοισ τεθορυβημένοισ εὐθὺσ κατὰ τὸν πρῶτον ἐπίπλουν ἐτρέψαντο καὶ τὰσ μὲν τοῖσ ἐμβόλοισ τύπτοντεσ ἀνέρρηττον, ὧν δὲ τοὺσ ταρσοὺσ παρέσυρον, ὧν δὲ αὐτάνδρων παραδιδομένων ἀκινδύνωσ ἐκυρίευον· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 18, chapter 72 8:1)
- αἱ δὲ κατὰ πρῷραν τοῖσ ἐμβόλοισ συρράττουσαι πρύμναν ἀνεκρούοντο πρὸσ ἄλλην ἐμβολὴν καὶ κατετραυμάτιζον ἀλλήλουσ οἱ ταύταισ ἐφεστῶτεσ, ἅτε τοῦ σκοποῦ σύνεγγυσ ἑκάστοισ κειμένου. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 51 3:2)
Synonyms
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bolt
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prow of warships
-
wedge-shaped order of battle
