Τοίχαρχος

boatswain

Translated by David Whitehead18 Jun 2004Vetting: high6 revisions

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In reference to a ship [this means] the commander of it; but a first mate [proreus] is over a toicharchos, a steersman/captain [kybernetes] over a proreus, and a ship-owner [naukleros] over a kybernetes.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τοίχαρχος· ἐπὶ νεὼς ὁ ἄρχων αὐτῆς· τοιχάρχου δὲ πρωρεύς, πρωρέως δὲ κυβερνήτης, κυβερνήτου δὲ ναύκληρος.

Betacode

*toi/xarxos: e)pi\ new\s o( a)/rxwn au)th=s: toixa/rxou de\ prwreu/s, prwre/ws de\ kubernh/ths, kubernh/tou de\ nau/klhros.

Notes

cf. Artemidorus 1.35.
For toichos meaning (from Homer onwards) one side of a ship see LSJ s.v., sections 2 and 4; and cf. generally tau 174, delta 1581.
NB: all this relates not to a warship but to a merchant vessel; see Lionel Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Baltimore 1995) 314-319.

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Revision history6 revisions · last 19 Dec 2014

19 Dec 2014Revised — David Whitehead
19 Dec 2014added a cross-reference — Catharine Roth
15 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
4 Nov 2010expanded notes; more keywords — David Whitehead
15 Nov 2004augmented note — David Whitehead
15 Nov 2004set status — Catharine Roth
18 Jun 2004Translated — David Whitehead

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes

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