- ναύκληρος
- ναύκληρος, ου, ὁ (ναῦς, κλῆρος; Soph., Hdt.+; Plut., Jos. [both w. κυβερνήτης, q.v. 1]; OGI 344, 4 [I B.C.]; pap [Preisigke, Fachwörter; for others New Docs, below; En 101:4, 9; Philo, Op. M. 147) freq. ‘ship-owner’ or ‘charterer’ of a vessel. But it can also mean captain, since the sailing-master of a ship engaged in state service (esp. for shipment of grain IG 14, 918) was called a ναύκληρος (MRostovtzeff, APF 5, 1913, 298; LCasson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World, ’71, 314–16; but WKunkel, APF 8, ’27, 185 ‘freight contractor’, not necessarily as pilot or captain) Ac 27:11. (For sailing regulations POxy 3250, 22–24 [63 A.D.], s. New Docs 2, 74 no. 25.)—Nock, Essays 823; Hemer, Acts 138f; JVélissaropoulos, Les nauclères grecs, ’80; New Docs 4, 116f (pap, ins and lit.).—DELG. M-M. Spicq.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.