ἔμβολος (embolos)

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What it meant

ἔμβολος · embolos — LSJ

anything pointed so as to be easily thrust in, a peg, stopper, linch-pin

anything pointed so as to be easily thrust in, a peg, stopper, CIG 2855.27, Poll. 1.145; linch-pin (masc.), Pherecyd. 37 (a) J.: Com. for πέος, Ar. Fr. 317 (masc.).

2 tongue, headland

τῆς χώρης ἔμβολον tongue of land, Hdt. 4.53; Ἀσίας ἔμβολον prob. the headland of Κυνὸς σῆμα in Caria, Pi. O. 7.19 (ἔμβολος Ἀσίας ἡ Λυκία Sch.ad loc.).

3 brazen beak, ram

brazen beak, ram, masc. in Hdt. 1.166, Tab.Heracl. 1.166,182; neut. in AP 6.236 (Phil.), Paus. 6.20.10; gender doubtful in Pi. P. 4.191, Th. 7.36.

b tribune

οἱ ἔ., = Lat. rostra, tribune of the Roman forum, Plb. 6.53.1, Plu. Cat.Mi. 44.

4 wedge-shaped order of battle

wedge-shaped order of battle, neut. in X. HG 7.5.22, Plb. 1.26.16; of a march-formation, Ael. Tact. 37.6, Arr. Tact. 29.5; τὸ τρίγωνον σχῆμα ἔμβολόν τε καὶ σφηνοειδὲς ὀνομάζεται Ascl. Tact. 7.6; ἡ ὅλη [τάξις] λέγεται ἔμβολος ib. 11.5.

b half a ῥόμβος, of cavalry

ἔμβολον, τό, half a ῥόμβος (q. v.) of cavalry, ib. 7.3, Ael. Tact. 19.5.

5 bolt, bar

bolt, bar, E. Ph. 114 (neut., anap.).

6 architrave

λάϊνα κίοσιν ἔμβολα prob.= τὰ κίοσιν ἐμβεβλημένα, architrave, Id. Ba. 591 (lyr.).

7 graft

graft, Gp. 10.77.4.

8 portico

portico, IG 11 (2).161 D 118 (Delos, iii B. C.), Ephes. 3 No.8, CIG 4662b (Gerasa), interpol. in Hld. 2.26; ἔ. τῆς κρατίστης βουλῆς BCH 11.474 (Lydia).

9

ἔμβολος· εἶδος θηρίου ἐν λαχάνοις, Hsch.

In the wild

ἐμβόλους · embolous Herodotus, Histories 1.166.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1174)

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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