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Headword: *)ephgkeni/s
Adler number: epsilon,2161
Translated headword: epenkenis, gunwale
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the long plank [of that name].
Greek Original:
*)ephgkeni/s: h( makra\ sani/s.
Note:
On a ship: joining the stamines (sigma 1003). Mentioned in Homer (Odyssey 5.253, with scholion); registered in Hesychius and other lexica.
Reference:
Lionel Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Baltimore 1995) 45-46 with n.19, 217-219
Keywords: definition; epic; military affairs; science and technology; trade and manufacture
Translated by: David Whitehead on 2 August 2007@04:12:50.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (augmented note, set status) on 2 August 2007@11:07:50.
David Whitehead (bibliography; cosmetics) on 3 August 2007@03:11:32.
David Whitehead on 8 October 2012@09:59:12.
David Whitehead on 25 January 2016@05:00:40.
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