ναυπηγεῖσθαι
From LSJ
ἃ γὰρ δεῖ μαθόντας ποιεῖν, ταῦτα ποιοῦντες μανθάνομεν → what we have to learn to do we learn by doing
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ναυπηγέω): build, be engaged in shipbuilding
Lexicon Thucydideum
naves aedificare, to build ships, 1.31.1, 6.90.3, [praeterea vulgo moreover in the common texts 1.13.2, ubi nunc where now ἐνναυπηγηθῆναι].
