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 up of 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 [Neh 5:13], al.; of the toga, Nic.Dam. p.119D.: also, fashion of wearing a cloak, Luc. Somn. 6.
II of actions,
1 striking up, prelude on 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, Ar. Av. 1385, cf. Pax 830, Arist. Rh. 1409b25; cf. ἀναβάλλω B. I.
2. putting off, delaying, οὐκέτι ἐς ἀναβολὰς ἐποιεῦντο τὴν ἀποχώρησιν Hdt. 8.21; ὅ τι μέλλετε.. μὴ ἐς ἀ. πράσσετε Th. 7.15; οὐκ ἐς ἀμβολάς without delay, E. Heracl. 270; ἐς μηδεμίαν ἀ. PAmh. 2.34i. 5; ἐν τα[]ς ἀ[] τ[] ἔνεστ ἄ[] E. HF 93; []ἐπὶ ἀ[]αβαλῇ πρᾶς[], ὠνὴν ποιεῖσθαι sell, buy on credit, Pl. Lg. 915e; ἀναβολήν τινοσποιεῖσθαι Th. 2.42; ποιεῖν Pl. Smp. 201d; εἰς τὸ γῆρας ἀναβολὰς ποιεῖν Men. 235.8; δακρύοις.. ἐμποιεῖν ἀ. τῷ πάθει Id. 599; ἀναβολὰν λαβόντες ἔτη τρία IG 9(2).205.22 (Thess.). deferred payment, εὐχρηστήσας σῖτον ἐπ’ ἀναβολῇ Ἀρχ.Ἐφ. 1912.60 (Gonni).
3. ἀ. δίκης ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα reference, appeal, Str. 13.1.55.
4. lifting, hence, removal, of tumours, Antyll. ap. Orib. 45.2.6.
III intr.,
1. going up, ascent, way up, ἀ. τῶν Ἄλπεων Plb. 3.39.9, etc.; τὴν ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι 50.3.
2. bubbling up, πομφολύγων Arist. Pr. 936b1, Thphr. Ign. 16; of the Nile, sources, ἀμβολαί CIG 4924 (Philae).
G311 — ἀναβολή
(ῆς, ἡ (ἀναβάλλω, which see), often in Greek writings, a putting off, delay: ποιεῖσθαι ἀναβολήν to interpose (literally, make) delay, [Act 25:17] (as in Thucydides 2, 42; Dionysius Halicarnassus 11, 33; Plutarch, Camill c. 35).