Ἐπίκωπος
to the hilt, through and through
Translated by Ioannis Doukas11 Sep 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] armed with a sword. Because the hilt (kw/ph ) [is] the handle of the sword. Or meaning by ship, [kw/ph ] being also a naval term ['oar-handle']. And Homer [says]: "for I do not have oared ships".1
"At the time of Publius2 the Romans and Carthaginians made a treaty,3 [according to which] the Carthaginians could not possess or acquire a ship equipped with oars, apart from ten triremes and fishing boats and the like, of which none could be bigger than a ten-tiered4 [ship]."
"At the time of Publius2 the Romans and Carthaginians made a treaty,3 [according to which] the Carthaginians could not possess or acquire a ship equipped with oars, apart from ten triremes and fishing boats and the like, of which none could be bigger than a ten-tiered4 [ship]."