ἔμβολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμβάλλω (embállō, “to throw in; to burst in, rush in”) +‎ -ος (-os, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔμβολος • (émbolos) m (genitive ἐμβόλου); second declension

  1. (anything pointed so as to be easily thrust in) A peg, stopper; linchpin.
    1. (geography) Tongue 16 (of land); headland.
    2. (historical, military) Brazen beak, ram.
      1. rostrum, tribune of the Roman forum.
    3. (military) Wedge-shaped order of battle.
      1. (in neuter form) Half of ῥόμβος (rhómbos) of cavalry.
    4. Bolt, bar.
    5. Graft.
    6. (architecture) Portico.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἔμβολος; τοῦ ἐμβόλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἔμβολος
ho émbolos 		τὼ ἐμβόλω
tṑ embólō 		οἱ ἔμβολοι
hoi émboloi
Genitive τοῦ ἐμβόλου
toû embólou 		τοῖν ἐμβόλοιν
toîn embóloin 		τῶν ἐμβόλων
tôn embólōn
Dative τῷ ἐμβόλῳ
tōî embólōi 		τοῖν ἐμβόλοιν
toîn embóloin 		τοῖς ἐμβόλοις
toîs embólois
Accusative τὸν ἔμβολον
tòn émbolon 		τὼ ἐμβόλω
tṑ embólō 		τοὺς ἐμβόλους
toùs embólous
Vocative ἔμβολε
émbole 		ἐμβόλω
embólō 		ἔμβολοι
émboloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → New Latin: embolus
  • → English: embolus
  • → Italian: embolo
  • → Spanish: émbolo

Further reading

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