ἄμβων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ωνος, ὁ, Att. for Ion. [[ἄμβη]], acc. to Gal.18(1).340, but Rhodian acc. to Bacchiusap.<span class="bibl">Apollon.Cit.1.7</span>:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[crest]] of a [[hill]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 103</span>; ἐπ' οὔρεος ἀμβώνεσσιν <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Aet.</span>3.1.34</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[rim]] or [[edge]] of a [[cup]] (esp. of one that curves inwards), <span class="bibl">Eup.52</span>, <span class="bibl">Ephipp.3.16</span>, <span class="bibl">Critias 34D.</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> (from similarity of shape), [[rim]] of [[joint]] [[socket]], <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>1.15</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">18(1).340</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> = [[γυναικεῖον]] [[αἰδοῖον]], <span class="bibl">Eust.1539.33</span> (so perh. in Eup.l.c.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> in Cos, [[step]]s, [[rung]]s of [[ladder]], <span class="bibl">Apollon.Cit.1.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[pulpit]], title of poem by Paul. Sil., cf. <span class="title">JHS</span>28.195 (Aspendus).</span>