ἐμβολή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[putting in]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Od.</span>26</span> (pl.): esp. [[putting into]] its place, [[setting]] or [[reduction]] of a [[fracture]] or a [[dislocated]] [[limb]], ἐμβολὴν ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>13</span>; [[mode of setting]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Art.</span>2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[insertion]] of a [[letter]], ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span> 437a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[lading]] of a [[cargo]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PStrassb.</span>111.16</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>62.11</span> (iii A. D.): esp. [[shipment]] of [[corn]] to [[Rome]] and [[Constantinople]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>15ii3</span> (ii A. D.), etc.; <b class="b3">αἰσία ἐμβολή</b> Just.<span class="title">Edict.</span>13.4.1. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[inroad into an enemy's country]], [[foray]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>[4.1.4]</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>4.3.10</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ Θηβαίων ἐμβολή</b> <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1269b37</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[charge]], of a [[bull]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>869</span>; of an [[army]]. <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.1.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>12.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> esp. [[ram]]ming of one [[ship]] by another, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>279</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">336</span>; <b class="b3">ἀντιπρῴροις χρῆσθαι ταῖς ἐμβολαῖς</b> <span class="bibl">Th.7.36</span>, etc. (opp. [[προσβολή]], [[collision]], ib.<span class="bibl">70</span>); <b class="b3">ἐμβολὰς ἔχειν</b> to [[receive]] such [[charge]]s, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.3.12</span>; [[δοῦναι]] to [[make]] them, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.51.6</span>, etc.; in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>415</span> <b class="b3">ἐμβολαῖς χαλκοστόμοις</b> with [[shock]]s of [[brazen]] [[beak]]s ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[ἐμβόλοις]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[shock]] of [[battering ram]], <span class="bibl">Onos.42.5</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[stroke]] or [[discharge]] of a [[missile]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>1130</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.8.7.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span>36</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[entrance]], [[pass]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.4.48</span>; in <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.191</span> <b class="b3">ἡ ἐμβολὴ τοῦ ποταμοῦ</b> is explained by the words <b class="b3">τῇ ἐς τὴν πόλιν ἐσβάλλει</b>; also, [[mouth]] of a [[river]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.11.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> pl., [[gust]]s of [[wind]], <b class="b3">πνευμάτων σφοδρῶν ἐμβολή</b> Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>12.10. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[battering-ram]], <b class="b3">τὸ προέχον τῆς ἐμβολῆς</b> <span class="bibl">Th. 2.76</span>.</span>