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ἄμβων

ambon

rim or edge of a cup (especially one that curves inwards)

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What it meant

1. ἄμβων · ambōn — Beekes

ἄμβων, -ωνος [m.] ‘rim or edge of a cup (especially one that curves inwards)’ (A.). «ἢ» ἍΝΑᾺ Attic for Ion. ἄμβη ‘raised edge, protuberance’ (Gal. 18a 340); ἄμβη: ἡ τῆς ἴτυος ὀφρῦς τῶν κυλλῶν ἀσπίδων ‘rim of a shield (...)’ (H.), ‘rim of a wheel’ (Democr.). One compares also ἀνάβωνες: βαθμοῦ εἶδος ‘kind of step or threshold’ (H.). *ETYM On the formation, see Chantraine 1933: 162 and Schwyzer: 487; on the meaning, … — [Beekes, s.v. ἄμβων, p. 132]

2. ἄμβων · ambōn — Frisk

ἄμβων, -wvos m., nach Gal. 188 340 attisch für ion. @ußn, “Gefäßrand, Bez. verschiedener erhöhter od. ansteigender Gegenstände’ (in Anlehnung an ἀναβαίνω) (A., Eup. u.a.). — Zur Bildung s. Chantraine Formation 162, Schwyzer 487: 4; sonst unklar. Die Anknüpfung an ἀναβαίνω (Prellwitz) ist ebenso anfechtbar wie der alte Vergleich mit lat. umbo. — [Frisk, s.v. ἄμβων, p. 120]

3. ἄμβων · ambōn — Frisk

ἄμβων. Zur (pelasgischen) Verbindung mit lat. umbo Hester Lingua 13 (1965) 368f. — [Frisk, s.v. ἄμβων, p. 2155]

4. ἄμβων · ambōn — LSJ

crest

crest of a hill, A. Fr. 103; ἐπʼ οὔρεος ἀμβώνεσσιν Call. Aet. 3.1.34 [Fr. 75.34 Pf.].

2 rim, edge

rim or edge of a cup (esp. of one that curves inwards), Eup. 52, Ephipp. 3.16, Critias 34D., Plu. Lyc. 9.

b rim of joint-socket

(from similarity of shape), rim of joint-socket, Gal. UP 1.15, al., cf. 18(1).340.

= γυναικεῖον αἰδοῖον, Eust. 1539.33 (so perh. in Eup. l.c.).

4 steps, rungs

in Cos, steps, rungs of ladder, Apollon.Cit. 1.7.

5 pulpit

pulpit, title of poem by Paul.Sil., cf. JHS 28.195 (Aspendus).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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