Ἐποκέλλουσιν
they put in
Translated by William Hutton13 Jan 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they settle down by, they come near.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐποκέλλουσιν· ἐπικαθίζουσιν, ἐγγίζουσιν.
Betacode
*)epoke/llousin: e)pikaqi/zousin, e)ggi/zousin.
Notes
- This form -- third person plural, present indicative active -- of the verb
e)poke/llw (cf. epsilon 2835, and more generally omicron 106, omega 46) is unattested outside lexicography. It appears with similar glosses at Synagoge epsilon789 and Photius, Lexicon epsilon1830.
One would not know it from the glosses, but the verb is used predominantly in reference to ships 'putting in' to shore.