Ναυλοχῶ

I keep ships lying in ambush

Translated by Catharine Roth11 Aug 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 12 words

Translation

[Meaning] I place ships in ambush.1
Or I hold [them] at rest.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ναυλοχῶ· τὸ τὰς ναῦς ἐνεδρεύω. ἢ ἀναπαύω καθιστῶν.

Betacode
*nauloxw=: to\ ta\s nau=s e)nedreu/w. h)\ a)napau/w kaqistw=n. 

Notes (2)

  1. Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; and cf. more generally Photius mu42 Theodoridis. LSJ s.v. registers two related uses of this verb, intransitive ('lie in a harbour or creek, esp. lie in wait in order to sally out on passing ships') and transitive ('c. acc. lie in wait for').
  2. 1cf. nu 60. ↩
  3. 2Lacking in mss AFV; cf. nu 60. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 19 May 2016
  1. coding — David Whitehead
  2. expanded note — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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