ἱστοπέδη

ἱστο-πέδη, Dor. ἱστο-πέδα, ἡ,

• a piece of wood set in the keel to which the mast was bound, or, a hole in the keel for stepping the mast, Od. 12.51, 162, Alc. 18.6.

ἱστοπέδη, ἡ, ein Balken oder ein Loch im Boden des Schiffes, in welches das unterste Ende des Mastbaumes befestigt wurde, Od. 12.50, 162.

ἱστοπέδη

-ης, ἡ

[app. ἱστός + πεδ-, ποδ-, πούς.]

A mast-step (prob.= μεσόδμη) Od. 12.51 = 162, 179.

ἱστοπέδη : mast-stay, mast-block, a thwart or transverse beam with a depression into which the mast fitted, which was by this means, as well as by the ἐπίτονοι, prevented from falling forward, Od. 12.51. (See cut, letter b.)

ἱστοπέδη

• a hole in the keel for stepping the mast, Od.