ἀναβολή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. ἀμβολή, ἡ : (ἀναβάλλω): <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of things: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">that which is thrown up, mound of earth, bank</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.2.5</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.17.95</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. χωμάτων</b> <b class="b2">casting up</b> of dykes, <span class="title">Arch.Pap.</span>6.132 (Denderah); διωρύγων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.91.11</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">that which is thrown back over the shoulder, mantle</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>342c</span>&lt;*&gt; <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.48</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ne.</span>5.13</span>, al.; of the [[toga]], <span class="bibl">Nic.Dam. p.119D.</span>: also, <b class="b2">fashion of wearing a cloak</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Somn.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of actions, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">striking up, prelude</b> on the lyre preliminary to singing, <b class="b3">ὁπόταν προοιμίων ἀμβολὰς τεύχῃς ἐλελιζομένη</b>, addressed to the lyre, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.4</span>; esp. of dithyramb, <span class="bibl">Eup.5D.</span>: hence, <b class="b2">rambling dithyrambic ode</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1385</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span>830</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1409b25</span>; cf. ἀναβάλλω B. I. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">putting off, delaying</b>, οὐκέτι ἐς ἀναβολὰς ἐποιεῦντο τὴν ἀποχώρησιν <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.21</span>; ὅ τι μέλλετε . . μὴ ἐς ἀ. πράσσετε <span class="bibl">Th.7.15</span>; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐς ἀμβολάς</b> without [[delay]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>270</span>; ἐς μηδεμίαν ἀ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span> 2.34i</span>.<span class="bibl">5</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ταῖς ἀ. τῶν κακῶν ἔνεστ' ἄκη</b> <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>93</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ἀναβολῇ πρᾶσιν, ὠνὴν ποιεῖσθαι</b> sell, buy on [[credit]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>915e</span>; ἀναβολήν τινος ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.2.42</span>; ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>201d</span>; εἰς τὸ γῆρας ἀναβολὰς ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Men. 235.8</span>; δακρύοις . . ἐμποιεῖν ἀ. τῷ πάθει <span class="bibl">Id.599</span>; <b class="b3">ἀναβολὰν λαβόντες ἔτη</b> τρία <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).205.22 (Thess.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">deferred payment</b>, εὐχρηστήσας σῖτον ἐπ' ἀναβολῇ Ἀρχ.Ἐφ. 1912.60 (Gonni). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> ἀ. δίκης ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα <b class="b2">reference, appeal</b>, <span class="bibl">Str.13.1.55</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[lifting]], hence, [[removal]], of tumours, Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.45.2.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> intr., <b class="b2">going up, ascent, way up</b>, ἀ. τῶν Ἄλπεων <span class="bibl">Plb.3.39.9</span>, etc.; τὴν ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">50.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">bubbling up</b>, πομφολύγων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>936b1</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Ign.</span>16</span>; of the Nile, [[sources]], ἀμβολαί <span class="title">CIG</span>4924 (Philae).</span>