ἐμβολ-ή,ἡ,
A. putting in, Thphr. Od. 26 (pl.): esp.putting intoits place,settingorreductionof a fracture or a dislocated limb, ἐμβολὴν ποιεῖσθαι
Hp. Fract. 13
;mode of setting, Id. Art. 2 .
2. insertionof a letter, ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι
Pl. Cra. 437a
.
3. ladingof a cargo, PStrassb. 111.16
(iii B. C.), POxy. 62.11
(iii A. D.): esp.shipmentof corn to Rome and Constantinople, BGU 15ii3
(ii A. D.), etc.;αἰσία ἐ. Just. Edict. 13.4.1 .
II. inroad into an enemy's country, foray, X. An. [4.1.4] , HG 4.3.10 ;ἡ Θηβαίων ἐ. Arist. Pol. 1269b37 .
2. charge, of a bull, E. HF 869 ; of an army. X. Cyr. 7.1.18 , Arr. Tact. 12.10 .
b. esp.ramming of one ship by another, A. Pers. 279 (lyr.), 336 ;ἀντιπρῴροις χρῆσθαι ταῖς ἐ. Th. 7.36 , etc. (opp.προσβολή,collision, ib. 70 );ἐμβολὰς ἔχεινto receivesuch charges, X. HG 4.3.12 ;δοῦναιto makethem, Plb. 1.51.6 , etc.; in A. Pers. 415