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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἱστός (histós, “mast”) + δοκή (dokḗ, “container”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /his.to.dó.kɛː/ → /is.toˈðo.ci/ → /is.toˈðo.ci/
Noun
ἱστοδόκη • (histodókē) f (genitive ἱστοδόκης); first declension
- mast-holder, a piece of wood standing up from the stern, on which the mast rested when let down
Inflection
Further reading
- “ἱστοδόκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἱστοδόκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἱστοδόκη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἱστοδόκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἱστοδόκη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963