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ἀκάτειος

ἀκάτειος, belonging to an ἄκατος

ἀκάτειος, ον, prop.
  • belonging to an ἄκατος, q. v.; esp. ἀ. ἱστός foremast, IG 2.793, etc.; ἀ. κεραία yard belonging thereto, ib., cf. Poll. 1.91.
    • II Subst. ἀκάτειον, τό, (sc. ἱστίον) small sail, opp. τὰ μεγάλα ἱστία, X. HG 6.2.27, Epicr. 10 (with play on ἄκατος II), cf. Luc. Lex. 15, J.Tr. 46, Hist.Conscr. 45; ἄρασθαι τὸ ἀ., i.e. take to flight, prob. l. for ἀκάτιον in Epicur. Fr. 163, cf. Ar. Lys. 64.

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