προβολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προβάλλω (probállō, “to set forth”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

προβολή • (probolḗ) f (genitive προβολῆς); first declension

1. a projection, prominence
2. (law) presentation of a case to the Assembly

Declension

First declension of ἡ προβολή; τῆς προβολῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ προβολή hē probolḗ	τὼ προβολᾱ́ tṑ probolā́	αἱ προβολαί hai probolaí
Genitive	τῆς προβολῆς tês probolês	τοῖν προβολαῖν toîn probolaîn	τῶν προβολῶν tôn probolôn
Dative	τῇ προβολῇ têi probolêi	τοῖν προβολαῖν toîn probolaîn	ταῖς προβολαῖς taîs probolaîs
Accusative	τὴν προβολήν tḕn probolḗn	τὼ προβολᾱ́ tṑ probolā́	τᾱ̀ς προβολᾱ́ς tā̀s probolā́s
Vocative	προβολή probolḗ	προβολᾱ́ probolā́	προβολαί probolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: προβολή (provolí)

Further reading

• “προβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “προβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• προβολή 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.
  • barrier idem, page 63.
  • bulwark idem, page 103.
  • defence idem, page 204.
  • protection idem, page 653.

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προβολή (probolḗ) with semantic loan from French and English projection.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾo.voˈli/
• Hyphenation: προ‧βο‧λή
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

προβολή • (provolí) f (plural προβολές)

1. (film) projection, screening
2. (cartography) projection
3. promotion, publicising

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	προβολή (provolí)	προβολές (provolés)
genitive	προβολής (provolís)	προβολών (provolón)
accusative	προβολή (provolí)	προβολές (provolés)
vocative	προβολή (provolí)	προβολές (provolés)

Related terms

• προβάλλω (provállo)
• προβολέας m (provoléas, “projector, spotlight, headlight”)