Ἀναβαλλόμενος

[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning one who is] delaying. But a)nabalo/menos ["having begun to play"] with one lambda means having made a prelude. "So having begun to play, as is the custom, he went through a short hymn."¹
Also [sc. attested are] a)nabolai/, the preludes.²
Also [sc. attested is] a)naba/llomai ["I postpone"], [used] with an accusative.