ἐπωτίδες: Difference between revisions
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
(1b) |
(1ab) |
||
| Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
{{etym | {{etym | ||
|etymtx=Grammatical information: f. pl.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">cat-heads of war-ships, beams projecting like ears on each side of a ships bows</b> (E., Th., Str.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [785] <b class="b2">*h₂ous-</b> [[ear]]<br />Etymology: Forms based on <b class="b3">οὖς</b>, <b class="b3">ὠτός</b> like <b class="b3">ἐπωμίς</b> <b class="b2">upper part of the shoulder</b> from <b class="b3">ὦμος</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπιδορατίς</b> <b class="b2">points of a lance</b> from <b class="b3">δόρυ</b> a. o. (Strömberg Prefix Studies 99); so prop. <b class="b2">tips of the ear</b>, because of their projecting position. - Diff. Forster <b class="b3">Ἐπίχρυσος</b> 70. | |etymtx=Grammatical information: f. pl.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">cat-heads of war-ships, beams projecting like ears on each side of a ships bows</b> (E., Th., Str.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [785] <b class="b2">*h₂ous-</b> [[ear]]<br />Etymology: Forms based on <b class="b3">οὖς</b>, <b class="b3">ὠτός</b> like <b class="b3">ἐπωμίς</b> <b class="b2">upper part of the shoulder</b> from <b class="b3">ὦμος</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπιδορατίς</b> <b class="b2">points of a lance</b> from <b class="b3">δόρυ</b> a. o. (Strömberg Prefix Studies 99); so prop. <b class="b2">tips of the ear</b>, because of their projecting position. - Diff. Forster <b class="b3">Ἐπίχρυσος</b> 70. | ||
}} | |||
{{mdlsj | |||
|mdlsjtxt=[οὖς]<br />beams projecting like ears on [[each]] [[side]] of a [[ship]]'s [[bows]], [[whence]] the anchors were let [[down]], cat-heads, Eur., Thuc. | |||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 22:30, 9 January 2019
English (LSJ)
αἱ, (οὖς)
A beams projecting like ears on each side of a ship's bows, whence the anchors were let down, cat-heads, used also as an armament, E.IT1350, Th.7.34,36, Str.3.1.4, D.S.17.115 : later in sg., App.BC5.107.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1016] αἱ, Hölzer, die zu beiden Seiten des Vordertheils der Kriegsschiffe wie Ohren (ὦτα) abstanden u. beim Angriff sowohl den Stoß der feindlichen Schiffe hinderten, als den der eigenen verstärkten, τὰς ἐπωτίδας ἐπέθεσαν ταῖς πρώραις παχείας Thuc. 7, 36, vgl. 34; sie dienten auch zur Befestigung der Anker, οἱ δ' ἐπωτίδων ἀγκύραν ἐξανῆπτον Eur. I. T 1350; vgl. noch Strab. III, 138; D. Sic. 17, 115; D. Cass. 49, 3.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπωτίδες: -αἱ, (οὖς) δοκοὶ ἐξέχουσαι ὡς ὦτα ἑκατέρωθεν τοῦ προσθίου μέρους τοῦ πλοίου, ὁπόθεν ἐρρίπτοντο αἱ ἄγκυραι, Εὐρ. Ι. Τ. 1350· ἐνίοτε ἰσχυροποιούμεναι ὅπως ἀνθίστανται εἰς τὴν προσβολὴν ἐχθρικοῦ πλοίου, Θουκ. 7. 34, 36, ἔνθα ἴδε Arnold., Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 5. 7, 3, Φιλόστρ. τ. 2, σ. 322, 17 ἔκδ. Kayser, πρβλ. Στράβ. 138, Διόδ. 17. 115: - ἑνικ. ἐν Ἀππ. Ἐμφυλ. 5. 107. 2) λαβὶς ποτηρίου, Σχόλ. εἰς Κλήμ. 788C.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ίδων (αἱ) :
oreillettes de la proue.
Étymologie: ἐπί, οὖς.
Greek Monotonic
ἐπωτίδες: αἱ (οὖς), ξύλα, δοκάρια που προβάλλουν, προεξέχουν σαν λαβές σε κάθε πλευρά του μπροστινού μέρους του πλοίου· από εκεί ρίχνονταν οι άγκυρες· δοκάρια που προεξέχουν του «τόξου» του πλοίου και χρησιμοποιούνται στην ανέλκυση της άγκυρας, σε Ευρ., Θουκ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐπωτίδες: αἱ мор. эпотиды, «торчащие как уши» (брусья по обе стороны носовой части корабля; они использовались для нанесения таранных ударов и для предохранения от них, а тж. для подвешивания якорей) Eur., Thuc., Diod.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f. pl.
Meaning: cat-heads of war-ships, beams projecting like ears on each side of a ships bows (E., Th., Str.).
Origin: IE [Indo-European] [785] *h₂ous- ear
Etymology: Forms based on οὖς, ὠτός like ἐπωμίς upper part of the shoulder from ὦμος, ἐπιδορατίς points of a lance from δόρυ a. o. (Strömberg Prefix Studies 99); so prop. tips of the ear, because of their projecting position. - Diff. Forster Ἐπίχρυσος 70.
Middle Liddell
[οὖς]
beams projecting like ears on each side of a ship's bows, whence the anchors were let down, cat-heads, Eur., Thuc.
