ἀκροστόλιον
οὐ βούλομαι δυσχερὲς εἰπεῖν οὐδὲν ἀρχόμενος τοῦ λόγου, οὗτος δ' ἐκ περιουσίας μου κατηγορεῖ → for me—but I wish to say nothing untoward at the beginning of my speech—whereas he prosecutes me from a position of advantage | but for me—I do not wish to say anything harsh at the beginning of the speech, but he prosecutes me from a position of strength
English (LSJ)
τό,
A terminal ornament of ship (cf. ἄφλαστον), crowning either the stern-post, Ptol.Alm. 8.1; or more commonly, the stem-post, Callix.1, Plu.Demetr.43; taken as trophy, Str.3.4.3, D.S.18.75, Plu.Alc.32, App.Mith.25, Polyaen.4.6.9.
German (Pape)
[Seite 85] Schiffsbord, Ath. V, 203 f; Polem. 2, 36; Plut. Demetr. 43; das Vordertheil u. dessen Verzierungen, D. S. 18, 75; App. Mithr. 25.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκροστόλιον: τὸ ἀνώτατον χεῖλος τοῦ σκάφους τοῦ πλοίου, «τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ στολίου, στόλιον δὲ λέγεται τὸ ἐξὲχον ἀπὸ τῆς πρύμνης καὶ διῆκον μέχρι τῆς πρῴρας ξύλον, ἔνθα τὸ τῆς νεὼς ἐπιγράφεται ὄνομα», Ἐτυμ. Μ., Πλουτ. Δημήτρ. 43, Καλλίξ. παρ’ Ἀθ. 203Φ. ΙΙ. ὡσαύτως = ἄφλαστον, Διόδ. 18.75, Παυσ. 9.16, 3.
