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Headword: Ναυσικάα
Adler number: nu,70
Translated headword: Nausikaa, Nausicaa
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A proper name.[1]
Homer mentions Nausikaa, a royal Phaiacian child, [named] appropriately for the [Phaiacian] land; because, as mariners par excellence, they used to burn [ἐπέ-κα-ιον ] pitch onto their ships [ναυσί ] to make them secure.[2]
Greek Original:
Ναυσικάα: ὄνομα κύριον. μέμνηται Ὅμηρος Ναυσικάας Φαιακικῆς βασιλικῆς παιδὸς προσφυῶς τῇ χώρᾳ: ἐπεὶ ναυτικώτατοι ὄντες ἐπέκαιον ταῖς ναυσὶ πίσσαν πρὸς ἀσφάλειαν.
Notes:
[1] In (principally) Homer, Odyssey 6-8 (see Web address 1 for the first reference at 6.17). See generally OCD(3) s.v. Nausicaa; and cf. alpha 1817 (= omicron 671 = sigma 1720), alpha 2148, phi 457.
[2] A marginal addition in manuscript M, proposing an etymology that is almost certainly incorrect.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; gender and sexuality; geography; mythology; science and technology; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 17 December 2003@09:48:49.
Vetted by:
William Hutton (modified translation and note 2, cosmetics, added link and keywords, set status) on 17 December 2003@10:38:02.
David Whitehead (x-refs) on 13 June 2004@06:47:28.
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