antemna
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) antemna, æ, f., antenne de navire : Cæs. G. 3, 14, 6 ; 3, 14, 7 ; Liv. 30, 10, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
antemna (antenna), ae, f., die Segelstange, die Rahe, antemnas, proram, malos, Lucr.: antemnas ad malos destinare, Caes.: demittere partem quasi tertiam antemnas, Sall. fr.: antemnas demittere ad medium malum, Auct. b. Alex.: effugere hibernas demissā antemnā procellas, Ov.: subnectere velum antemnis, Ov.: cornua antemnarum obvertere, Verg.: malos antemnasque de nave in navem traicere, Liv.: antemnas demere, Auct. b. Alex.: antemnas ruere, Plaut.: malum et antemnam (invenit) Daedalus, Plin.
Latin > English
antemna antemnae N F :: yard of a ship; yardarm; sail (poet.); antenna (Cal)
