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|Definition=poet. [[ἀμβολή]], ἡ: ([[ἀναβάλλω]]):<br><span class="bld">I</span> of things:<br><span class="bld">1</span> that which is thrown up, [[mound]] of earth, [[bank]], X.''An.''5.2.5, D.S.17.95; <b class="b3">ἀ. χωμάτων</b> [[casting up]] of [[dyke]]s, ''Arch.Pap.''6.132 (Denderah); διωρύγων ''PAmh.''2.91.11 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> that which is [[throw]]n back over the [[shoulder]], [[mantle]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 342c† ''PPetr.''3p.48 (iii B. C.), [[LXX]] ''Ne.''5.13, al.; of the [[toga]], Nic.Dam. p.119D.: also, [[fashion of wearing a cloak]], Luc.''Somn.''6.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of actions,<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[striking up]], [[prelude]] on the lyre preliminary to singing, <b class="b3">ὁπόταν προοιμίων ἀμβολὰς τεύχῃς ἐλελιζομένη</b>, addressed to the lyre, Pi.''P.''1.4; especially of dithyramb, Eup.5D.: hence, [[rambling dithyrambic ode]], Ar.''Av.''1385, cf. ''Pax''830, Arist.''Rh.''1409b25; cf. [[ἀναβάλλω]] B. I.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[putting off]], [[delaying]], οὐκέτι ἐς ἀναβολὰς ἐποιεῦντο τὴν ἀποχώρησιν Hdt.8.21; ὅ τι μέλλετε.. μὴ ἐς ἀ. πράσσετε Th.7.15; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐς ἀμβολάς</b> without [[delay]], E.''Heracl.''270; ἐς μηδεμίαν ἀ. ''PAmh.'' 2.34i.5; <b class="b3">ἐν ταῖς ἀ. τῶν κακῶν ἔνεστ' ἄκη</b> E.''HF''93; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ἀναβολῇ πρᾶσιν, ὠνὴν ποιεῖσθαι</b> sell, buy on [[credit]], Pl.''Lg.''915e; ἀναβολήν τινος ποιεῖσθαι Th.2.42; ποιεῖν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 201d; εἰς τὸ γῆρας ἀναβολὰς ποιεῖν Men. 235.8; δακρύοις.. ἐμποιεῖν ἀ. τῷ πάθει Id.599; <b class="b3">ἀναβολὰν λαβόντες ἔτη</b> τρία ''IG''9(2).205.22 (Thess.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[deferred payment]], εὐχρηστήσας σῖτον ἐπ' ἀναβολῇ Ἀρχ.Ἐφ. 1912.60 (Gonni).<br><span class="bld">3</span> ἀ. δίκης ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα [[reference]], [[appeal]], Str.13.1.55.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[lifting]], hence, [[removal]], of tumours, Antyll. ap. Orib.45.2.6.<br><span class="bld">III</span> intr., [[going up]], [[ascent]], [[way up]], ἀ. τῶν Ἄλπεων Plb.3.39.9, etc.; τὴν ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι 50.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[bubbling up]], πομφολύγων Arist.''Pr.''936b1, [[Theophrastus]] ''Ign.''16; of the Nile, [[sources]], ἀμβολαί ''CIG''4924 (Philae).