ἄντλος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Connection with Latin sentīna (bilgewater) is impossible in Indo-European terms, as *sm̥- would give ἁ- (ha-) and not ἁν- (han-). Has been compared with Hittite (ḫan-, to draw water), although it requires an unusual suffix -τλος (-tlos).

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Noun

ἄντλος (ántlosm (genitive ἄντλου); second declension

  1. hold of a ship
  2. bilgewater
  3. scuttle, sink
  4. bucket, pail
  5. heap of corn, threshed but not yet cleaned

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