εἰσβολή

See also: εισβολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εἰσβάλλω (eisbállō, “to attack”) +‎ -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eːz.bo.lɛ̌ː/ → /iz.βoˈli/ → /iz.voˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eːz.bo.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iz.boˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iz.βoˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iz.voˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iz.voˈli/

Noun

εἰσβολή • (eisbolḗ) f (genitive εἰσβολῆς); first declension

1. attack, invasion
2. entrance, pass
3. mouth of a river
4. beginning

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εἰσβολή; τῆς εἰσβολῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εἰσβολή hē eisbolḗ	τὼ εἰσβολᾱ́ tṑ eisbolā́	αἱ εἰσβολαί hai eisbolaí
Genitive	τῆς εἰσβολῆς tês eisbolês	τοῖν εἰσβολαῖν toîn eisbolaîn	τῶν εἰσβολῶν tôn eisbolôn
Dative	τῇ εἰσβολῇ têi eisbolêi	τοῖν εἰσβολαῖν toîn eisbolaîn	ταῖς εἰσβολαῖς taîs eisbolaîs
Accusative	τὴν εἰσβολήν tḕn eisbolḗn	τὼ εἰσβολᾱ́ tṑ eisbolā́	τᾱ̀ς εἰσβολᾱ́ς tā̀s eisbolā́s
Vocative	εἰσβολή eisbolḗ	εἰσβολᾱ́ eisbolā́	εἰσβολαί eisbolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: εισβολή (eisvolí)

Further reading

• “εἰσβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εἰσβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εἰσβολή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• εἰσβολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • attack idem, page 49.
  • beginning idem, page 71.
  • charge idem, page 125.
  • defile idem, page 205.
  • descent idem, page 214.
  • entrance idem, page 278.
  • foray idem, page 335.
  • incursion idem, page 431.
  • ingress idem, page 440.
  • inroad idem, page 443.
  • invasion idem, page 456.
  • irruption idem, page 460.
  • onslaught idem, page 574.
  • pass idem, page 595.
  • raid idem, page 668.
  • threshold idem, page 870.