cercurus

cercūrus (cercȳrus), i, m., = κέρκουρος,

• a kind of light vessel peculiar to the Cyprians, Plaut. Merc. prol. 87; id. Stich. 2, 2, 44 (368); Lucil. ap. Non. p. 533, 27; Liv. 33, 19, 10; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208.—
• II A sea-fish, Ov. Hal. 102; Plin. 32, 11, 54, § 152.

cercūrus (cercȳrus), ī, m. (κέρκουρος), I) eine (bes. bei den Cypriern heimische) Art leichter, schnellsegelnder Schiffe, etwa Kutter, Form cercur., Plaut. merc. 87; Stich. 368 u. 413. Gell. 10, 25, 5: Form cercyr., Lucil. sat. 8, 19 u. 14, 2. Liv. 23, 34, 4 u. 33, 19, 10. Plin. 7, 208. – II) ein Seefisch, nur cercyr., Ov. hal. 102. Plin. 32, 152.

cercūrus, ī, m. , Pl. St. 368 et cercyrus, ī, m. Liv. 23, 34, 4, ¶ 1 navire léger ¶ 2 poisson de mer : Ov. Hal. 102 ; Plin. 32, 152.

cercurus , i. m.
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cercūrus ī, m

• , κέρκουρος, a light vessel (of Cyprus), L.—A sea-fish. ferox, O.

CERCURUS

CERCU´RUS(κέρκουρος, κερκοῦρος), a light, swift-sailing vessel, used both in war and in commerce, is first mentioned in the Persian wars (Hdt. 7.97). Its invention is attributed by Pliny (Plin. Nat.7.208) to the Cypriotes, by others to the Corcyraeans (Suid. s. v.), while some modern writers derive its name from its resemblance to a fish of this name (Plin. Nat.32.152). This kind of ship is mentioned by several writers. (Harpocrat., Hesych. s. v. ; Diod. Excerpt. 506, 61; Lucil. ap. Non. 533, 27; Plaut. Merc. 1.1, 86; Stich. 2.2, 44; 33.19.) [NAVIS]

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Cercūrus

(κέρκουρος, κερκοῦρος). A light, swift, open vessel, first mentioned by Herodotus (vii. 97) as being used at the time of the Persian wars. It was propelled by oars, and was used both in commerce and in war (Liv.xxxiii. 19). Its invention was variously ascribed to the Corcyraeans and to the Cypriotes. See navis.