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εὐθυντηρίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐθυντηρίᾱ εὐθυντηρίας

Structure: εὐθυντηρι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. The part of a ship where the rudder was attached.
  2. The uppermost course of a building's foundations, partly emerging from groundline.

Examples

  • ἡμεῖσ δ’ ἀφειδήσαντεσ, ὡσ ἐσείδομεν δόλια τεχνήματ’, εἰχόμεσθα τῆσ ξένησ πρυμνησίων τε, καὶ δι’ εὐθυντηρίασ οἰάκασ ἐξῃροῦμεν εὐπρύμνου νεώσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 3:4)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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