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ναυτ-ικός

nautikos

of, for a ship, seafaring, naval, of ships

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Where it lives

  • Jonas 1 · 9.51/10k
  • History 134 · 8.96/10k
  • Ways and Means 3 · 7.85/10k
  • Hellenica 44 · 6.69/10k
  • Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k
  • Persians 2 · 3.93/10k
  • Ajax 3 · 3.82/10k
  • Histories 67 · 3.65/10k
  • Agesilaus 2 · 2.72/10k
  • Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
  • Philoctetes 2 · 2.27/10k
  • Helen 2 · 2.04/10k

Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

of, for a ship, seafaring, naval, of ships, property on, sea, among the seamen, crew, navy, fleet

of or for a ship, seafaring, naval, ὁ ν. στρατός Hdt. 7.100, 203, etc.; opp. ὁ πεζός, Id. 8.1; ν. λεώς A. Pers. 383; στόλος S. Ph. 561; ν. ἐρείπια wrecks of ships, A. Ag. 660; ἑδώλια S. Aj. 1277; σκάφη ib. 1278; ν. πόλεμος And. 4.12; ν. ἀστρολογία Arist. APo. 79a1; ἔγγαια καὶ ναυτικά property on land and sea, PEleph. 1.13 (iv B.C.); ν. ἀναρχία among the seamen, E. Hec. 607; τὸ ν. crew, Hp. Ep. 14; but usu. navy, fleet, Hdt. 7.97, 160, Ar. Eq. 1063, Th. 1.36, etc.; ἡ -κή Hdt. 7.161.

2 skilled in seamanship, nautical, a naval power

of persons, skilled in seamanship, nautical, ναυτικοὶ ἐγένοντο became a naval power, Th. 1.18, cf. 7.21; ναυτικός, ὁ, = ναύτης, POxy. 929.8 (ii/iii A.D.).

3 navigation, seamanship, naval affairs, sea-power

ἡ-κή (sc. τέχνη) navigation, seamanship, Hdt. 8.1, etc.; τὰ -κά Pl. Alc. 1.124e: τὰ -κά, also, naval affairs, sea-power, Th. 4.75, X. HG 1.6.4.

II pilotʼs fee

ναυτικόν, τό, perh. pilotʼs fee, POxy. 522.15 (ii A.D.); but usu.

b money borrowed, lent on bottomry, it, it

money borrowed or lent on bottomry, in full, ν. χρήματα Lys. 32.7: mostly in pl., ν. ἐκδεδομένα ib. 6; ναυτικὸν ἀνελέσθαι to take it up, borrow it, D. 50.17; ναυτικοῖς ἐργάζεσθαι Id. 33.4: in sg., X. Vect. 3.9; also ν. τόκος D.L. 6.99. Adv. -κῶς, δανείζειν Id. 7.13.

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Where it came from

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