embolum

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔμβολον (émbolon) from ἐμβάλλω (embállō).

Noun

embolum n (genitive embolī); second declension

  1. beak of a ship

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative embolum embola
genitive embolī embolōrum
dative embolō embolīs
accusative embolum embola
ablative embolō embolīs
vocative embolum embola

References

  • embolum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • embolum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • embolum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • embolum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • embolum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin