ἐπωτίδες

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εἴς μ' ὁρεῦσα καρκίνου μέζον → looking at me with saucer-eyes

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Transliteration A: epōtídes Transliteration B: epōtides Transliteration C: epotides Beta Code: e)pwti/des

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.