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ναυτίλος

ναυτίλος, a seaman, sailor

ναυτίλος [ῐ], ὁ, poet. for ναύτης,
  • seaman, sailor, Hdt. 2.43, A. Pr. 468, S. Aj. 1146: rare in Com., Nausicr. 1.2, 2.10.
      • 2 as Adj. ναύτῐλος, ον, of a ship, ν. σέλματα A. Ag. 1442; ν. πλάτη E. Fr. 846.
    • II the paper nautilus, Argonauta argo, a cephalopod mollusc fabled to sail by spreading its membranous arms, Arist. HA 525a21, 622b5, cf. Call. Epigr. 5.3 Pf., Opp. H. 1.340, Ael. NA 9.34.

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