ἔμβολον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἔμβολος (émbolos)

Etymology

From ἐμβάλλω (embállō, “I put in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I put, place, throw”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ém.bo.lon/ → /ˈem.bo.lon/ → /ˈem.bo.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ém.bo.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈem.bo.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈem.bo.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈem.bo.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈem.bo.lon/

Noun

ἔμβολον • (émbolon) n (genitive ἐμβόλου); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἔμβολον; τοῦ ἐμβόλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔμβολον tò émbolon	τὼ ἐμβόλω tṑ embólō	τᾰ̀ ἔμβολᾰ tà émbola
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	τὸ ἔμβολον tò émbolon	τὼ ἐμβόλω tṑ embólō	τᾰ̀ ἔμβολᾰ tà émbola
Vocative	ἔμβολον émbolon	ἐμβόλω embólō	ἔμβολᾰ émbola
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἔμβολον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔμβολον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔμβολον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἔμβολον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • beak idem, page 66.
  • wedge idem, page 971.