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Headword: *kubernh/ths
Adler number: kappa,2589
Translated headword: helmsman, steersman
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The commander of the ship.
Greek Original:
*kubernh/ths: o( tou= ploi/ou h(gemw/n.
Note:
'The term kybernetes is ambiguous inasmuch as, alongside the specialized sense of "commanding officer," it retained its original sense of "man at the tiller"' (Casson 300 n.1)
Reference:
Lionel Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Baltimore 1995) 300-302.
Keywords: definition; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 3 December 2000@11:36:11.
Vetted by:
Elizabeth Vandiver (Set status) on 3 October 2003@14:28:53.
David Whitehead (augmented headword; added note, bibliography, keyword) on 4 October 2003@09:16:31.
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