Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ναυπηγικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ναυπηγικός ναυπηγική ναυπηγικόν

Structure: ναυπηγικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from nauphgo/s

Sense

  1. skilled in shipbuilding, the art of shipbuilding

Examples

  • ἰατρικῆσ μὲν γὰρ ὑγίεια, ναυπηγικῆσ δὲ πλοῖον, στρατηγικῆσ δὲ νίκη, οἰκονομικῆσ δὲ πλοῦτοσ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 3:2)
  • εἰ τύχοι μετά τινοσ βαδίζων ὁδόν, καὶ πρὸσ βασιλέα καὶ πρὸσ ἰδιώτην, καὶ πρὸσ ἐλεύθερον καὶ πρὸσ δοῦλον, καὶ αὐτὸν ἔνδοξον ὄντα καὶ βασιλέα καὶ αὖ πάλιν ἀγνοούμενον καὶ πτωχόν, καὶ πρὸσ ἄνδρα τε ὁμοίωσ καὶ γυναῖκα καὶ κόρην, ἔτι δὲ μάχεσθαι ἐπιστάμενον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν τοιούτων ἁπάντων ἔμπειρον, τεκτονικῆσ καὶ οἰκοδομίασ καὶ ναυπηγικῆσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. skilled in shipbuilding

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

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