tow

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. στυππεῖον, τό (Xen.).

seller of tow: Ar. στυππειοπώλης, ὁ.

verb transitive

P. and V. ἕλκειν, ἐφέλκειν.

take in tow: P. ἀναδεῖσθαι (Thuc. 2, 92).

they did not take the hulls in tow: P. τὰ σκάφη οὐχ εἷλκον ἀναδούμενοι (Thuc. 1. 50).

be towed along the shore: P. ἀπὸ κάλω παραπλεῖν (Thuc. 4, 25).