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Headword: Nautian
Adler number: nu,81
Translated headword: to be seasick, to be nauseous
Vetting Status: low
Translation:

Strictly, to vomit on the ship.
This is also said ναυσιᾶν for rhetorical purposes.[1]

Greek Original:

Nautian: to en têi nêï kuriôs emein. touto kai nausian legetai rhêtorikôs.

Notes:

See also alpha 2116, beta 206.
[1] Or: in rhetorical writers. (This is the Suda's only use of this adverb.)

Keywords: daily life; definition; medicine; military affairs; rhetoric
Translated by: David Whitehead on 19 May 2009@05:41:14.
Vetted by:

Catharine Roth (set status) on 20 May 2009@01:22:08.
David Whitehead (typo) on 20 May 2009@03:18:55.

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