επικέλλω

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σιγή ποτ' ἐστὶν αἱρετωτέρα λόγου → sometimes silence is preferable to words (Menander)

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Greek Monolingual

ἐπικέλλω (Α)
1. πλησιάζω πλοίο στην ξηρά, το αράζω
2. (αμτβ.) (για πρόσ.) προσεγγίζω στην ξηρά («χέρσῳ ἐπέκελσαν ἐρετμοῖς», Απολλ. Ρόδ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επί + κέλλω «οδηγώ πλοίο στην ξηρά»].