Ναυτίλος

nautilus; seaman

Translated by Catharine Roth8 Aug 2009Vetting: high7 revisions

2 notes · 9 words

Translation

[Meaning] the fish [of that name],1 and a sailor.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ναυτίλος· ὁ ἰχθύς, καὶ ὁ ναύτης.

Betacode
*nauti/los: o( i)xqu/s, kai\ o( nau/ths.  

Notes (2)

  1. 1The paper nautilus, Argonauta argo, "a cephalopod mollusc fabled to sail by spreading its membranous arms" (LSJ s.v.). See Wikipedia entry at web address 1. ↩
  2. 2Poetic (though also in Herodotus) for nau/ths. Same glossing in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. Compare also generally nu 83, nu 84. ↩

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Revision history7 revisions · last 8 Jul 2016
  1. cosmeticule — David Whitehead
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  4. cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  5. Revised — David Whitehead
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  7. more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  8. Translated — Catharine Roth

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