κωπηλατέω
From LSJ
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
English (LSJ)
A pull an oar, row, opp. κυβερνῆσαι, Arist.Rh.Al.1435a28, cf. Plb.1.2.1, etc. 2 metaph., of any similar motion forwards and backwards, as of a carpenter using an auger, τρύπανον κ. E.Cyc.461.
