The corpus record

ναυτῐλ-ία

nautilia · ἡ

sailing, seamanship

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Where it lives

Works and Days 3 · 5.2/10k
Alcibiades 1 1 · 0.98/10k
Politics 4 · 0.61/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Histories 4 · 0.22/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant — LSJ

sailing, seamanship

sailing, seamanship, Od. 8.253, Hes. Op. 618, Pl. R. 527d, al.

2 voyage

voyage, Hdt. 4.145, Hp. Aph. 4.14: and in pl., ναυτιλίῃσι μακρῇσι ἐπιθέσθαι Hdt. 1.1, cf. 163; ναυτιλίῃσι χρέεσθαι Id. 2.43, cf. Pi. N. 3.22, I. 4(3).57.

3 ship

ship, πολύσκαλμος ν. AP 7.295.4 (Leon.).

In the wild

ναυτιλίας · nautilias Aristotle, Politics 1276b (DIORISIS sentence 942)
ναυτιλίαν · nautilian Aristotle, Politics 1320b (DIORISIS sentence 2401)
ναυτιλίαν · nautilian Aristotle, Politics 1326a (DIORISIS sentence 2588)
ναυτιλίας · nautilias Aristotle, Politics 1327b (DIORISIS sentence 2629)
ναυτιλίῃσι · nautiliēisi Herodotus, Histories 1.1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3)
ναυτιλίῃσι · nautiliēisi Herodotus, Histories 1.163.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1149)

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Where it came from

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