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ἐμβόλ-ῐμος

embolimos

intercalated

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Where it lives

Ars Poetica 2 · 1.98/10k
Histories 3 · 0.16/10k

What it meant

ἐμβόλ-ῐμος · embol-imos — LSJ

intercalated, intercalary

intercalated, μὴν ἐ. intercalary month, Hdt. 1.32 (without μήν, 2.4); ἐ. μῆνα ἄγειν CIG 2693e (Mylasa); ἡμέρα. Inscr.Prien. 105.76, D.C. 48.33.

2 choral interludes

τὰ ἐ. choral interludes, Arist. Po. 1456a29.

3 interpolated, supposititious, fictitious

ἐ. ἔπη interpolated lines, Hsch.; ἐ. παῖδες supposititious (nisi leg. ἐκβ-), Eup. 103; ἐ. βασιλεύς fictitious, J. Ap. 1.26.

In the wild

ἐμβόλιμα · embolima Aristotle, Ars Poetica 18
ἐμβόλιμα · embolima Aristotle, Ars Poetica 18
ἐμβολίμου · embolimou Herodotus, Histories 1.32.3 (DIORISIS sentence 209)
ἐμβόλιμοι · embolimoi Herodotus, Histories 1.32.3 (DIORISIS sentence 210)
ἐμβόλιμον · embolimon Herodotus, Histories 2.4.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1574)

Where it came from

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