oar
From LSJ
Μί' ἐστὶν ἀρετὴ τἄτοπον φεύγειν ἀεί → Numquam non fugere inepta , et hoc virtutis est → Die einzge Tugend: meiden, was abwegig ist
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. κώπη, ἡ, ταρσός, ὁ (Thuc. 7, 40, but rare P.), Ar. and V. πλάτη, ἡ, V. ἐρετμόν, τό.
equipment of oars: V. κωπήρης στόλος (Aesch., Persae 416).
furnish the hands with oars: V. ἐρετμοῦν χέρας (Euripides, Medea 4).
pull at the oar, v.:Ar. and P. ἐμβάλλειν (absol.) (Xen.); see row.
having one bank of oars, adj.: P. μονόκροτος (Xen.).
having two banks of oars: P. δίκροτος (Xen.).
a ship with thirty oars, subs.: P. τριακόντορος, ἡ.
a ship with fifty oars: P. and V. ναῦς πεντηκόντορος, ἡ (Euripides, Helen 1412).
