ἔμβολος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, or [[ἔμβολον]], τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> anything [[pointed]] so as to be [[easily]] [[thrust]] in, a [[peg]], [[stopper]], ''CIG''2855.27, Poll.1.145; [[linchpin]] (masc.), Pherecyd. 37(a) J.: Com. for [[πέος]], Ar.''Fr.''317 (masc.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τῆς χώρης ἔμβολον</b> [[tongue]] of [[land]], Hdt.4.53; <b class="b3">Ἀσίας ἔμβολον</b> prob. the [[headland]] of <b class="b3">Κυμὸς σῆμα</b> in [[Caria]], Pi.''O.''7.19 (<b class="b3">ἔμβολος Ἀσίας ἡ Λυκία</b> Sch.ad loc.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[brazen]] [[beak]], [[ram]], masc. in Hdt.1.166, ''Tab.Heracl.''1.166,182; neut. in ''AP''6.236 (Phil.), Paus 6.20.10; gender doubtful in Pi.''P.''4.191, Th.7.36.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">οἱ ἔμβολοι</b> = Lat. [[rostra]], [[tribune]] of the [[Roman]] [[forum]], Plb.6.53.1, Plu.''Cat.Mi.''44.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[wedge-shaped order of battle]], neut. in X.''HG''7.5.22, Plb.1.26.16; of a [[march]]-[[formation]], Ael.''Tact.''37.6, Arr.''Tact.''29.5; τὸ τρίγωνον σχῆμα ἔμβολόν τε καὶ σφηνοειδὲς ὀνομάζεται Ascl.''Tact.''7.6; <b class="b3">ἡ ὅλη [τάξις] λέγεται ἔμβολος</b> ib.11.5.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[ἔμβολον]], τό, [[half]] a [[ῥόμβος]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]) of [[cavalry]], ib.7.3, Ael.''Tact.'' 19.5.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[bolt]], [[bar]], E.''Ph.''114 (neut., anap.).<br><span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">λάϊνα κίοσιν ἔμβολα</b> prob.= <b class="b3">τὰ κίοσιν ἐμβεβλημένα</b>, [[architrave]], Id.''Ba.''591 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[graft]], Gp 10.77.4.<br><span class="bld">8</span> [[portico]], IG11 (2).161 ''D'' 118 (Delos, iii B. C.), ''Ephes.''3 No.8, ''CIG''4662b (Gerasa), interpol. in Hld.2.26; <b class="b3">ἔ. τῆς</b> κρατίστης βουλῆς ''BCH''11.474 (Lydia).<br><span class="bld">9</span> <b class="b3">ἔμβολος· εἶδος θηρίου ἐν λαχάνοις</b>, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]