Ἐπικωπητήρ
epikopeter
Translated by David Whitehead8 Nov 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[sc. Another name for] the oar-strap thong.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπικωπητήρ· ὁ τροπωτὴρ ἱμάς.
Betacode
*)epikwphth/r: o( tropwth\r i(ma/s.
Notes
- The headword is unattested outside lexicography (where the term kopeter also appears).
For the first glossing word,tropwth/r , see e.g. Thucydides 2.93.2, and Lionel Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Baltimore 1995) 86-87.