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ἐπωτίδες

ἐπωτίδες, beams projecting like ears on each side of a ship’s bows

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ἐπωτίδα Noun: feminine accusative singular of ἐπωτίδες

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ἐπωτίδες, αἱ, (οὖς)
  • beams projecting like ears on each side of a shipʼs bows, whence the anchors were let down, cat-heads, used also as an armament, E. IT 1350, Th. 7.34, 36, Str. 3.1.4, D.S. 17.115: later in sg., App. BC 5.107.

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