Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρότονοι

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρότονοι

Etym.: protei/nw

Sense

  1. ropes from the masthead to the forepart of a ship, the forestays
  2. sail-ropes, braces.

Examples

  • ἀέρι δὲ ἱστία πρότονοι κατὰ πρῷραν ὑ‐ πὲρ στόλον ἐκπετάσουσι πόδα ναὸσ ὠκυπόμπου. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, choral, strophe 24)

Synonyms

  1. sail-ropes

Related

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

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