παρεμβολή

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰρεμβᾰ́λλω (parembállō, to insert, interpolate) +‎ ().

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Noun

πᾰρεμβολή (parembolḗf (genitive πᾰρεμβολῆς); first declension

  1. insertion, interpolation
    • 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon 205:
      ἑτέρων παρεμβολῇ πραγμάτων εἰς λήθην ὑμᾶς βούλεται τῆς κατηγορίας ἐμβαλεῖν.
      hetérōn parembolêi pragmátōn eis lḗthēn humâs boúletai tês katēgorías embaleîn.
      He seeks by insertion of extraneous matters to plunge you into forgetfulness of the charge.
  2. (grammar) parenthesis; interjection
    • 375 BCE – 275 BCE, Alexis, Fig. 25
    • Tiberius, de Figuris 48
  3. drawing up in battle-order
    1. company of soldiers
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 33.8:
        τί ταῦτά σοι ἐστί, πᾶσαι αἱ παρεμβολαί αὗται, αἷς ἀπήντηκα;
        tí taûtá soi estí, pâsai hai parembolaí haûtai, haîs apḗntēka?
        What do you mean by all this company which I met?
    2. encampment
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Exodus 14.19:
        ἐξῇρε δὲ ὁ ἄγγελος τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁ προπορευόμενος τῆς παρεμβολῆς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐκ τῶν ὄπισθεν
        exêire dè ho ángelos toû Theoû ho proporeuómenos tês parembolês tôn huiôn Israḕl kaì eporeúthē ek tôn ópisthen
        The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them
  4. (in boxing and wrestling, with βάλλω (bállō)) the act of tripping (an opponent) by twisting the leg

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  • English: parembole (learned)

Further reading

  • παρεμβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • παρεμβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • παρεμβολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • G3925 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • M. Wright: A New Greek-English and English-Greek Lexicon - A Greek and English Lexicon, On a Plan Entirely New: In Four Parts; Greek; Greek-English, Difficult Inflexions, English-Greek, and Proper Names. 7th edition, London, 1843, p.117
  • Anweisung zur Lateinischen Sprache, aus Emmanuelis Alvari S. J. Institutionibus Grammaticis, Von einem Priester bemeldter Gesellschaft kurz zusammen gezogen. Worzu noch kommen: Anfangsgründe der Lateinischen Verskunst; Zum Gebrauch der Schulen der Gesellschaft JEsu in der Oberdeutschen Provinz. New and improved edition, 1770, p.326 (spelled: παρεμβολὴ)