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Headword: *)/aflaston
Adler number: alpha,4631
Translated headword: poop
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the tip of the [ship's] stern.
Greek Original:
*)/aflaston: to\ a)/kron th=s pru/mnhs.
Note:
From glosses on Herodotus 6.114, where the word occurs (in the plural). For other instances, beginning with Homer, Iliad 15.717, see LSJ s.v.; and see generally Lionel Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Baltimore & London 1995) 86 n.49 and passim.
Keywords: definition; epic; historiography; military affairs; science and technology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 4 June 2001@23:15:27.
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