Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀποβάθρα

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀποβάθρα

Sense

  1. a ladder for disembarking, a gangway

Examples

  • Μένιπποσ οὑτοσὶ λαβὼν πέλεκυν τῶν ναυπηγικῶν ἀποκόψει αὐτὸν ἐπικόπῳ τῇ ἀποβάθρᾳ χρησάμενοσ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 17:6)
  • ὀνομάζεται δὲ πρὸσ τῇ Σηστῷ τόποσ Ἀποβάθρα, καθ’ ὃν ἐζεύγνυτο ἡ σχεδία. (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 1 36:10)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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