The corpus record

ναυπηγ-ικός

naupegikos

for shipbuilding

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

for shipbuilding, art of shipbuilding

for shipbuilding, πέλεκυς Luc. DMort. 20[10].9: ἡ -κή (with or without τέχνη), art of shipbuilding, Arist. EN 1094a8, Gal. Thras. 5:

contract for building a ship

Subst., τὸ ναυπηγικόν Plu. Fat. 2.571f; contract for building a ship, PLond. 3.1164h14 (iii A.D.).

In the wild

ναυπηγικῆς · naupēgikēs Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1094a (DIORISIS sentence 7)
ναυπηγική · naupēgikē Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2947)
ναυπηγικὴ · naupēgikē Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2840)

Where it came from

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