ἀναβολ-ή,
poetry ἀμβολή, ἡ: (ἀναβάλλω):
__I of things:
__I.1 that which is thrown up, mound of earth, bank, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.5, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.95] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. χωμάτων casting up of dykes, [[ “Arch.Papyrus” 6.132 (from Denderah)] Refs]; διωρύγων[[ “PAmh.” 2.91.11 (_plural_). ] Refs]
__I.2 that which is thrown back over the shoulder, mantle, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 342c “PPetr.” 3p.48 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Neh.5.13, +others ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; of the toga, [[ 1st c.BC: Nicolaus Damascenus Historicus p.119D.] Refs 1st c.BC+]: also, fashion of wearing a cloak, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Somn.” 6. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II of actions,
__II.1 striking up, prelude on the lyre preliminary to singing, ὁπόταν προοιμίων ἀμβολὰς τεύχῃς ἐλελιζομένη, addressed to the lyre, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.4] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of dithyramb, [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 5D.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, rambling dithyrambic ode, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1385, compare “Pax” 830, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1409b25; compare ἀναβάλλω 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus I. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 putting off, delaying, οὐκέτι ἐς ἀναβολὰς ἐποιεῦντο τὴν ἀποχώρησιν[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.21; ὅ τι μέλλετε.. μὴ ἐς ἀ. πράσσετε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.15] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐς ἀμβολάς without delay, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 270; ἐς μηδεμίαν ἀ. “PAmh.” 2.34i. 5] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ταῖς ἀ. τῶν κακῶν ἔνεστ᾽ ἄκη [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 93] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ ἀναβολῇ πρᾶσιν, ὠνὴν ποιεῖσθαι sell, buy on credit, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 915e; ἀναβολήν τινος ποιεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.42; ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 201d; εἰς τὸ γῆρας ἀναβολὰς ποιεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 235.8; δακρύοις.. ἐμποιεῖν ἀ. τῷ πάθει [prev. author] 599] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀναβολὰν λαβόντες ἔτη τρία[[ “IG” 9(2).205.22 (Thess.). ] Refs]