Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

προβολή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: προβολή

Structure: προβολ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: proba/llw

Sense

  1. a putting forward, to the rest, the guard, with spear in rest, a lunging out with the fist
  2. a projection, a jutting rock, foreland or tongue of land
  3. a thing held before one as a defence, a fence, screen, bulwark, a defence against
  4. in which the plaintiff appealed to the Ecclesia to support his suit before bringing it into court

Declension

First 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

  • καὶ χρὴ τοσαῦτα φέρειν ἀκόντια, ὡσ διὰ πάσησ τῆσ προβολῆσ ἐξακοντίζειν παριππεύοντα. (Arrian, chapter 37 1:1)
  • μεταξὺ δὲ δὴ τοῦ τε δεξιοῦ κέρωσ τῆσ τάξεωσ καὶ τῆσ προβολῆσ τοῖν δυοῖν ἱππέοιν ἐκ τοῦ ἀφανοῦσ ἱππῆσ ἐκθέουσι, προϊππεύοντεσ μὲν τῆσ οἰκείασ τάξεωσ, ἀκοντίζοντεσ δὲ ἐσ τοὺσ παριππεύοντασ. (Arrian, chapter 37 2:1)
  • ̓θακαῖν ταῖν πλευραῖν, ἐσ τὸ κατ̓ οὐρὰν τοῦ ἵππου ὡσ ἔνι μάλιστα εὐθὺ ἐσ τοὐπίσω ἀκοντίσαι, καὶ τοῦτο δράσαντα ὀξέωσ αὖ ἐπιστρέψαντα κατὰ νώτου βαλεῖν τὸ ὅπλον, ὅτι τὰ γυμνὰ οὕτω γε παραδίδοται τοῖσ πολεμίοισ, εἰ ἄνευ προβολῆσ ἐπιστρέψειεν. (Arrian, chapter 37 6:3)
  • ἐπελάσαντεσ ἐν τάξει αὖ ἵστανται ἐπὶ δεξιᾷ τοῦ βήματοσ, καθάπερ οἱ ἄλλοι ἐν ἀριστερᾷ, καὶ οἱ δύο ἱππῆσ διέχοντεσ ἀπὸ τοῦ κέρωσ τῆσ προβολῆσ τὸ ἴσον ἵστανται, καὶ αὖ οἱ μεταξὺ αὐτοῖν τε τούτοιν καὶ τῆσ πάσησ τάξεωσ ἐκθέοντεσ ἐσ τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ἐξακοντίζουσιν ἐσ τοὺσ παριππεύοντασ. (Arrian, chapter 38 1:1)
  • γιγνομένησ δὲ τῆσ ἐφόδου παρῆν ὁ Αἰμίλιοσ, καὶ κατελάμβανεν ἤδη τοὺσ ἐν τοῖσ ἀγήμασι Μακεδόνασ ἄκρασ τάσ σαρίσασ προσερηρεικότασ τοῖσ θυρεοῖσ τῶν Ῥωμαίων καὶ μὴ προσιεμένουσ εἰσ ἐφικτὸν αὐτῶν τάσ μαχαίρασ, ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων Μακεδόνων τάσ τε πέλτασ ἐξ ὤμου περισπασάντων καὶ ταῖσ σαρίσαισ ἀφ’ ἑνὸσ συνθήματοσ κλιθείσαισ ὑποστάντων τοὺσ θυρεοφόρουσ εἶδε τήν τε ῥώμην τοῦ συνασπισμοῦ καὶ τήν τραχύτητα τῆσ προβολῆσ, ἔκπληξισ αὐτὸν ἔσχε καὶ δέοσ, ὡσ οὐδὲν ἰδόντα πώποτε θέαμα φοβερώτερον· (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 19 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a projection

  2. a thing held before one as a defence

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION