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

 

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

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

Noun

ἔμβολος • (émbolos) m (genitive ἐμβόλου); second declension

1. (anything pointed so as to be easily thrust in) A peg, stopper; linchpin.
   1. (geography) Tongue 16 (of land); headland.
   2. (historical, military) Brazen beak, ram.
      1. Synonym of rostrum, tribune of the Roman forum.
   3. (military) Wedge-shaped order of battle.
      1. (in neuter form) Half of ῥόμβος (rhómbos) of cavalry.
   4. Bolt, bar.
   5. Graft.
   6. (architecture) Portico.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἔμβολος; τοῦ ἐμβόλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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