ἔμβολος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐμβάλλω (embállō, “to throw in; to burst in, rush in”) + -ος (-os, nominal suffix), from ἐν (en, “in, into”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ém.bo.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈem.bo.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈem.bo.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈem.bo.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈem.bo.los/
Noun
ἔμβολος • (émbolos) m (genitive ἐμβόλου); second declension
- (anything pointed so as to be easily thrust in) A peg, stopper; linchpin.
- (geography) Tongue 16 (of land); headland.
- (historical, military) Brazen beak, ram.
- Synonym of rostrum, tribune of the Roman forum.
- (military) Wedge-shaped order of battle.
- (in neuter form) Half of ῥόμβος (rhómbos) of cavalry.
- Bolt, bar.
- Graft.
- (architecture) Portico.
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἔμβολος; τοῦ ἐμβόλου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἔμβολος ho émbolos | τὼ ἐμβόλω tṑ embólō | οἱ ἔμβολοι hoi émboloi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐμβόλου toû embólou | τοῖν ἐμβόλοιν toîn embóloin | τῶν ἐμβόλων tôn embólōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐμβόλῳ tôi embólōi | τοῖν ἐμβόλοιν toîn embóloin | τοῖς ἐμβόλοις toîs embólois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἔμβολον tòn émbolon | τὼ ἐμβόλω tṑ embólō | τοὺς ἐμβόλους toùs embólous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔμβολε émbole | ἐμβόλω embólō | ἔμβολοι émboloi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἔμβολον (émbolon, neuter form)
Descendants
- → New Latin: embolus
- → English: embolus
- → Italian: embolo
- → Spanish: émbolo
References
- “ἔμβολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press