ἐπίστιον
ἐπίστιον, a shed
Found ἐπίστιόν with different accentuation.
ἐπίστιόν masculine accusative singular, feminine accusative singular, neuter nominative singular, neuter vocative singular, neuter accusative singular of ἐφέστιος
ἐπίστιόν neuter nominative singular, neuter vocative singular, neuter accusative singular of ἐπίστιον
ἐπίστιον, τό,
- slip or shed for a ship, νῆες . . εἰρύαται· πᾶσιν γὰρ ἐπίστιόν ἐστιν ἑκάστῳ Od. 6.265. (Expld. by Aristarch. (ap. Sch. Il. 2.125 ἐπʼ ἴστιόν . . ὡσεὶ κατάλυμα παρὰ τῇ νηΐ) as Ion. for ἐφέστιον, cf. sq. [ἐπίστιος]; but elsewh. Hom. always uses the form ἐφέστιος; Sch. has ἐποίκιον, νεώριον . ., παρὰ τὸ ἱστίον.)
1 ἐπίστιον, ου (τὸ) hangar pour mettre à couvert les vaisseaux tirés à terre, Od. 6, 265.
Étym. orig. inconnue.
2 ἐπίστιον, ου (τὸ) v. le suiv.
ἐπίστιον
τό.
A slip on which to haul up a ship Od. 6.265.
ἐπίστιον : dock-yard or boat-house, a place for keeping ships, Od. 6.365†.
ἐπίστιον, ου, τό,
- in Od. means a shed in which a ship is laid up. deriv. uncertain