Liddell–Scott–Jones: ἀναβολ-ή

ἀναβολ-ή, poet.ἀμβολή,ἡ: (ἀναβάλλω):

I. of things:

1. that which is thrown up, mound of earth, bank,

X. An. 5.2.5 , D.S. 17.95 ;ἀ. χωμάτων casting upof dykes, Arch.Pap. 6.132 (Denderah); διωρύγων

PAmh. 2.91.11

(pl.).

2. that which is thrown back over the shoulder, mantle,

Pl. Prt. 342c <*> PPetr. 3p.48

(iii B. C.), LXX Ne. 5.13 , al.; of thetoga,

Nic.Dam. p.119D. : also,fashion of wearing a cloak,

Luc. Somn. 6 .

II. of actions,

1. striking up, preludeon the lyre preliminary to singing,ὁπόταν προοιμίων ἀμβολὰς τεύχῃς ἐλελιζομένη,addressed to the lyre, Pi. P. 1.4 ; esp. of dithyramb, Eup. 5D. : hence,rambling dithyrambic ode,