Πρότονος

forestay [of a ship]

Translated by Catharine Roth9 Oct 2013Vetting: high6 revisions

6 words
[Meaning] a cable/rope stretched out ahead.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πρότονος· ὁ προτεταμένος κάλως.

Betacode
*pro/tonos: o( protetame/nos ka/lws.

Notes

  1. Usually in the plural.
    cf. scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.564, and on Homer, Iliad 1.434; see Casson [below] 230.

References


Lionel Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Baltimore 1995)

Neighbouring entries

π2891Προτομήprotome, figureheadπ2892Προτόνιονprotonionπ2893Πρότονοςforestay [of a ship]π2894Πρὸ τῶν ὅλωνbefore them allπ2895ΠροτρέπωI urge, I persuade
Revision history6 revisions · last 21 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — Catharine Roth
  4. cosmetic — Catharine Roth
  5. modified tr; tweaked and augmented notes — David Whitehead
  6. modified note — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — Catharine Roth

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