ναῦλος (naulos)

What it meant — LSJ

passage-money, fare, freight, fare, hire

passage-money, fare or freight, ἔκβαινʼ, ἀπόδος τὸν ν., says Charon, Ar. Ra. 270; τῆς πόλεως ναῦλον τελούσης τοῖς ἄγουσι τοὺς λίθους IPE 12.32B50 (Olbia, iii B. C.); ναῦλον συνθέσθαι to agree upon oneʼs fare, X. An. 5.1.12; τὸ ν. τῶν ξύλων παρασχεῖν D. 49.26, cf. IG ll. cc.; τὸ ν. ἀποστερεῖν Din. 1.56; παραπόλλυμι τὸ ν. Arisipp. ap. Plu. Virt. doc. 2.439e; ἔδωκε τὸ ν. αὐτοῦ LXX Jn. 1.3; λαλῶν τὰ ν. Diph. 43.21; ἔδωκα αὐτῷ τὰ ν. Sammelb. 3553; τὸ δὲ ν. διωρθωσάμεθα ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν PCair.Zen. 52.13 (ii

b

ν. πλοίου name of a tax paid for the use of state-provided boats, BGU 645.16 (ii A. D.), PSI 8.960.15 (iv A. D.); ἀποδιαγράψειν τὸ συναχθησόμενον ν. ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλικὴν τράπεζαν PTheb.Bank 12.7 (ii B. C.), cf. Sammelb. 6954.

II freight, cargo

freight, cargo of ships, τὸ ν. σφετερίζεσθαι D. 32.2.

III rent

rent of a tenement, Poll. 1.75.

IV

ναῦλα, τά, = ἐφόδια, Hsch. (ascribed to Aeschylus by Cyr. in cod. Laur.57.39).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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