ἐπίστιον

English (LSJ)

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   A slip or shed for a ship, νῆες . . εἰρύαται· πᾶσιν γὰρ ἐπίστιόν ἐστιν ἑκάστῳ Od.6.265. (Expld. by Aristarch.(ap.Sch.Il.2.125 ἐπ' ἴστιόν . . ὡσεὶ κατάλυμα παρὰ τῇ νηΐ) as Ion. for ἐφέστιον, cf. sq.; but elsewh. Hom. always uses the form ἐφέστιος; Sch. has ἐποίκιον, νεώριον... παρὰ τὸ ἱστίον.)