ἐχενηΐς

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Cicero, Tusculanarum Disputationum, I.45.109
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Transliteration A: echenēḯs Transliteration B: echenēis Transliteration C: echeniis Beta Code: e)xenhi/+s

English (LSJ)

ΐδος, contr. -νῇς, ῇδος, ἡ, (ναῦς)

   A ship-detaining, ἄπλοιαι A.Ag.149 (lyr.); ἄγκυρα AP6.27.5 (Theaet.); γαλήνη Nonn.D.13.114.    II a small fish, supposed to have the power of holding ships back, Arist. HA505b19, Opp.H.1.212, Plin.HN9.79; in form ἐχεναΐς, = Lat. remora, Donat. ad Ter.Andr. 739, Eun.302.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐχενηΐς: ΐδος, συνῃρ. -νῇς, ῇδος, ἡ, (ναῦς) ὁ κρατῶν τὰς ναῦς, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 149 (ἴδε ἄπλοια)· ἄγκυρα Ἀνθ. Π. 6. 27· γαλήνη Νόνν. Δ. 13. 114. ΙΙ. μικρὸς ἰχθύς, περὶ οὗ ἐπιστεύετο ὅτι εἶχε τὴν δύναμιν νὰ κρατῇ ὀπίσω τὰ πλοῖα, remora, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 2. 14, 4· πρβλ. Ὀππ. Ἁλ. 1. 212., Πλιν. Ν. Η. 9. 25. ― Ἴδε Κόντου Γλωσσ. Παρατηρ. σ. 120.