15.06.25: topic; ships [1]; Comenius LXXXVIII; ships; a Galley (1)

a Galley │ Nāvis āctuāria

A Ship furnished with Oars, 1. is a Barge, 2. or a Foyst, &c. in which the Rowers, 3. sitting on Seats, 4. by the Oar-rings, row, by striking the water with the Oars, 5.

Navis īnstrūcta Rēmīs, 1. est Unirēmis, 2. vel Birēmis, &c. in quā Rēmigēs, 3. cōnsīdentēs pre Trānstra, 4. ad Scalmōs, rēmigant pellendō aquam Rēmīs, 5.

The Ship-master, 6. standing in the Fore-castle, and the Steers-man, 7. sitting at the Stern, and holding the Rudder, 8. steer the Vessel │ Prōrēta, 6. stāns in Prōrā, & Gubernātor, 7. sedēns in Puppī, tenēnsque Clāvum, 8. gubernant Nāvigium.

[1]

nāvigium, -ī [2/n]: vessel, boat, ship

nāvis, -is [3/f]: ship

nāvis āctuāria: galley; āctuārius, -a, -um: swift, agile; Caesar uses this adjective to refer to the construction of lightweight ships (see the next post)

[2]

puppis, -is [3/f]: stern of a ship

prōra, -ae [1/f]: prow of a ship; forecastle

prōrēta, -ae [1/m]: lookout man at the prow of the ship

clāvus, -ī [2/m]: [i] large nail; [ii] (here): rudder; also: gubernāculum, -ī [2/n]

gubernātor, gubernātōris [3/m]: helmsan, pilot of the ship

gubernō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus [1]: pilot, steer a ship

Sī tū prōrēta istī nāvī es, ego gubernātor erō (Plautus) │ If you're the look-out on that craft, I'll be helmsman.

[3]

rēmex, rēmigis [3/m]: oarsman, rower

rēmigo, -āre, -āvī, -ātus [1]: row

rēmus, -ī [2/m]: oar

rēmigēs … rēmigant ¦ pellendō ¦ aquam rēmīs │ the oarsmen … row ¦ by striking ¦ the water with oars

īnstruō, -ere, īnstrūxī, īnstrūctus [3]: equip, furnish

nāvis īnstrūcta ¦ rēmīs [ablative] │ a ship fitted ¦ with oars

scalmus, -ī [2/m]: peg to which an oar was strapped; oarlock

trānstrum, -ī [2/n]: crossbeam; a “thwart”, a seat across a boat which a rower sits on

Notes: present active participles

rēmigēs cōnsīdentēs pre trānstra │ the oarsmen [who are] sitting along the seats

prōrēta stāns in prōrā et gubernātor sedēns in puppī, tenēnsque clāvum │  the ship-master standing at the prow of the ship, and the helmsman sitting at the stern and holding the rudder