- ἀκάτειος
- ἀκάτειος, ον, prop.A 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.HG6.2.27, Epicr.10 (with play onἄκατος 11
), 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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