παρεμβολή

A. insertion, interpolation, ἑτέρων πραγμάτων Aeschin. 3.205, cf. 1.166 (pl.), Phld. Rh. 1.261 S.

2. Gramm., parenthesis, Alex. Fig. 25, Tib. Fig. 48.

II. drawing up in battle-order, Plb. 11.32.6 ; in Tactics, insertion of men in the ranks (dist. fr. παρένταξις and παρεμπλοκή), Ascl. Tact. 6.1, 10.17.

b. company of soldiers, etc., LXX Ge. 32.2(3) ; host, ib.33.8(pl.), Ezek. Exag. 81.

2. encampment, Diph. 57, Theophil. 9, Crito Com. 1, LXX Ex. 14.19, al., Plb. 3.74.5, al., Plu. Galb. 27 : generally, soldiers' quarters, Plb. 6.29.1 ; barracks, Act.Ap. 21.34, cf. Ostr. 901, al. (ii A. D.) ; name of an ἄμφοδον, POxy. 2131.8 (iii A. D.).

III. = παρεξειρεσία (q. v.), Plb. 21.7.4 (sed leg. παραβολαί).

IV. in boxing and wrestling, π. βάλλειν trip an adversary by a twist of the leg, Luc. Ocyp. 60, cf. Plu. 2.638f (pl.).