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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πηδόν (pēdón, “blade of an oar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛː.dá.li.on/ → /piˈða.li.on/ → /piˈða.li.on/
Noun
πηδᾰ́λῐον • (pēdálion) n (genitive πηδᾰλῐ́ου); second declension
- (nautical) steering-paddle, rudder
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Further reading
- “πηδάλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πηδάλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πηδάλιον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πηδάλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πηδάλιον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963