ναῦτης, ναυτου, ὁ, a sailor, seaman, mariner: Act_27:27; Act_27:30; Rev_18:17. (From Homer down.)

ναύτης nautēs 3x sailor, seaman, Act_27:27 ; Act_27:30 ; Rev_18:17

** ναύτης , -ου , ὁ ( < ναῦς ), [in Aq .: Eze_27:9 ; Sm .: Eze_27:29 * ;] a seaman, sailor: Act_27:27 ; Act_27:30 , Rev_18:17 .†

ναύτης [page 423] To the rare occurrences of this subst. in Greek prose ( ter in NT) we can now add such exx. as PSI V. 502 .24 (B.C.257 6) πρὸς τῆι τῶν ναυτῶν ἀποστολῆι , P Petr II. 15 (1) .7 (B.C. 241 239) τῶν ναυτῶν [ἀπο ]πέμπτων οὐκέτι ῥα [ίδιον ἀνακ ?]τήσασθαι , if the sailors are scattered, it will no longer be easy to collect them again, P Giss I. 40 ii. 18 (A.D. 215) (= Chrest. I. p. 38 ) χοιρέμπο [ρ ]οι κ̣αὶ ναῦται ποτά [μ ]ι̣οι , P Oxy I. 86 .9 (A.D. 338) ναύτην ἕνα , P Gen I. 14 .8 (Byz.) τὰ ναῦλα τοῦ μικροῦ πλοιαρίου λαβεῖν παρὰ τοῦ ναύτου , and OGIS 674 .14 (taxes A.D. 90) να ]ύτου δραχμὰς πέντε . The form ναύστης is found on the mummy-label Preisigke 1207 ἐκβολὴν ποιῆσαι ναύστην ἰς κώμη . For the adj. ναυτικός cf. P Eleph 1 .13 (B.C. 311 10) ( = Selections , p. 4) τῶν Ἡρακλείδου πάντων καὶ ἐγγαίων καὶ ναυτικῶν , all Heraclides possessions both on land and sea, P Oxy VI. 929 .8 (ii/iii A.D.) καλῶς ποιήσεις ἀπαιτήσας Τ̣ι̣θόϊν τὸν ναυτικὸν δύμα καροίνου χιτῶνος , please demand from Tithoοs the sailor a garment consisting of a brown tunic (Edd.); and for ναυτεία , naval affairs, cf. P Rev L ixxxv. 6 (B.C. 258), and OGIS 90 .17 (Rosetta stone B.C. 196) προσέταξεν δὲ καὶ τὴν σύλληψιν τῶν εἰς τὴν ναυτείαν μὴ ποιεῖσθαι , with Dittenberger s note. Ναύτης survives in MGr.

ναύτης ναύτης, ου, ὁ, [Etym: ναῦς] Lat. nauta, a seaman, sailor, Hom. , Hes. , etc.; as adj., ν. ὅμιλος Eur. "a mate or companion by sea", ναύτην ἄγειν τινά Soph.

ναύτης, -ου, ὁ (ναῦς), [in Aq.: Eze.27:9; Sm.: Eze.27:29 * ;] a seaman, sailor: Act.27:27, 30, Rev.18:17.† (AS)