α2751Ἀντλία
bilge, bilge-water
[Meaning] the hold [of a ship]. "So I will seize and take away the bilge[-water] itself". From a metaphor of ships. For antlia is also said to be the efflux of a ship. And the Pisidian [writes]: "from those that have…
Ἀντλία· ἡ σκάφη. αὐτὴν ἄρ' οἴσω συλλαβὼν τὴν ἀντλίαν. ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῶν πλοίων. λέγεται γὰρ ἀντλία καὶ ἡ τοῦ πλοίου ἐκροή. καὶ Πισίδης· ἐκ τῶν ἐχόντων τὰς δυσώδεις ἀντλίας. καὶ…
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