ναύκληρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ναῦς (naûs, ship) + κλῆρος (klêros, lot; clergy).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ναύκληρος • (naúklēros) m (genitive ναυκλήρου); second declension

  1. shipowner and merchant
  2. skipper, sailing-master
  3. (in general) captain, commander
  4. (at Athens) one who rented and sublet tenement houses

Declension

Derived terms

  • ναυκληρέω (nauklēréō)
  • ναυκλήρημᾰ (nauklḗrēma)
  • ναυκληροκῠβερνήτης (nauklērokubernḗtēs)
  • ναυκληρομᾰ́χῐμος (nauklēromákhimos)
  • ναυκληρώσῐμος (nauklērṓsimos)
  • ναυκληρῐκός (nauklērikós)
  • ναυκλήρῐον (nauklḗrion)
  • ναυκληρῐ́ᾱ (nauklēríā)

Descendants

  • Latin: nauclērus

Further reading

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