Πρυμνήσιον

stern-cable

Translated by David Whitehead3 Mar 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

6 words
The rope [coming] from the land.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πρυμνήσιον· τὸ ἀπόγειον σχοινίον.

Betacode
*prumnh/sion: to\ a)po/geion sxoini/on.

Notes

  1. sc. onto a ship, to secure it.
    cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.436, and more generally pi 2988.

Linked from2 entries

Neighbouring entries

π2985Πρύμναν ἐκρούοντοthey began to back waterπ2986Πρύμνην[at the] end, [at the] sternπ2987Πρυμνήσιονstern-cableπ2988Πρυμνήτης κάλωςhelmsman's cableπ2989Πρυμνόνhindmost, at the stern, at the base
Revision history3 revisions · last 29 Nov 2011
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. supplied notes and more keywords — David Whitehead
  3. Set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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