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λέμβος

λέμβος, λέμβος, ὁ, boat, life-boat (noun)

λέμβ-ος, ὁ,
  • a shipʼs cock-boat, D. 32.6: metaph., of a parasite, ὄπισθεν ἀκολουθεῖ κόλαξ τῳ; λέμβος ἐπικέκληται Anaxandr. 34.7.
    • II fishing-boat, Theoc. 21.12.
      • 2 fast-sailing galley, felucca, used either to precede a fleet, Plb. 1.53.9; or as a light transport, Id. 2.3.1, cf. 5.109.3, SIG 569.19 (Halasarna, iii B.C.), PPetr. 2 p.64 (iii B.C.).

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