ἔμβολος
ἔμβολος
ἔμβολος, ὁ,
ἐμβάλλω
anything pointed so as to be easily thrust in: τῆς χώρης ἔμβολον a tongue of land, Hdt.
in ships of war, the beak or ram of a ship of war, masc. in Hdt.; neut. in Thuc.
οἱ ἔμβολοι the rostra of the Roman forum, Plut.
the wedge-shaped order of battle, Lat. cuneus, neut. in Xen.
a bolt, bar, neut., Eur.