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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εἰσβάλλω (eisbállō, “to attack”) + -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːz.bo.lɛ̌ː/ → /iz.βoˈli/ → /iz.voˈli/
Noun
εἰσβολή • (eisbolḗ) f (genitive εἰσβολῆς); first declension
- attack, assault, invasion, inroad
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “εἰσβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εἰσβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- εἰσβολή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- εἰσβολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- attack idem, page 49.
- beginning idem, page 71.
- charge idem, page 125.
- defile idem, page 205.
- descent idem, page 214.
- entrance idem, page 278.
- foray idem, page 335.
- incursion idem, page 431.
- ingress idem, page 440.
- inroad idem, page 443.
- invasion idem, page 456.
- irruption idem, page 460.
- onslaught idem, page 574.
- pass idem, page 595.
- raid idem, page 668.
- threshold idem, page 870.