ἔμβολον

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ἐμβάλλω (embállō, “I put in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I put, place, throw”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔμβολον • (émbolon) n (genitive ἐμβόλου); second declension

  1. wedge, peg, stopper
  2. bolt, bar
  3. architrave
  4. prow of warships (rammed into opposing ships)
  5. (in the plural) The rostra, or tribune of the Latin forum
  6. wedge-shaped order of battle (Latin cuneus, acies cuneata)
  7. graft

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἔμβολον; τοῦ ἐμβόλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἔμβολον
tò émbolon 		τὼ ἐμβόλω
tṑ embólō 		τᾰ̀ ἔμβολᾰ
tà émbola
Genitive τοῦ ἐμβόλου
toû embólou 		τοῖν ἐμβόλοιν
toîn embóloin 		τῶν ἐμβόλων
tôn embólōn
Dative τῷ ἐμβόλῳ
tôi embólōi 		τοῖν ἐμβόλοιν
toîn embóloin 		τοῖς ἐμβόλοις
toîs embólois
Accusative τὸ ἔμβολον
tò émbolon 		τὼ ἐμβόλω
tṑ embólō 		τᾰ̀ ἔμβολᾰ
tà émbola
Vocative ἔμβολον
émbolon 		ἐμβόλω
embólō 		ἔμβολᾰ
émbola
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