ἐμβολή

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A putting in, Thphr.Od.26 (pl.): esp. putting into its place, setting or reduction of a fracture or a dislocated limb, ἐμβολὴν ποιεῖσθαι Hp.Fract.13; mode of setting, Id.Art.2.    2 insertion of a letter, ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Pl.Cra. 437a.    3 lading of a cargo, PStrassb.111.16 (iii B. C.), POxy.62.11 (iii A. D.): esp. shipment of corn to Rome and Constantinople, BGU15ii3 (ii A. D.), etc.; αἰσία ἐ. Just.Edict.13.4.1.    II inroad into an enemy's country, foray, X.An.[4.1.4], HG4.3.10; ἡ Θηβαίων ἐ. Arist.Pol.1269b37.    2 charge, of a bull, E.HF869; of an army. X. Cyr.7.1.18, Arr.Tact.12.10.    b esp.ramming of one ship by another, A.Pers.279 (lyr.), 336; ἀντιπρῴροις χρῆσθαι ταῖς ἐ. Th.7.36, etc. (opp. προσβολή, collision, ib.70); ἐμβολὰς ἔχειν to receive such charges, X.HG4.3.12; δοῦναι to make them, Plb.1.51.6, etc.; in A.Pers.415 ἐμβολαῖς χαλκοστόμοις with shocks of brazen beaks (nisi leg. ἐμβόλοις).    c shock of battering-ram, Onos.42.5 (pl.).    3 stroke or discharge of a missile, E.Andr.1130, Plb.8.7.3, Luc.Nigr.36, etc.    4 entrance, pass, X.HG5.4.48; in Hdt.1.191 ἡ ἐμβολὴ τοῦ ποταμοῦ is explained by the words τῇ ἐς τὴν πόλιν ἐσβάλλει; also, mouth of a river, Thphr.HP4.11.8.    5 pl., gusts of wind, πνευμάτων σφοδρῶν ἐ. Ascl.Tact.12.10.    III battering-ram, τὸ προέχον τῆς ἐ. Th. 2.76.