- ἀρτέμων
- ἀρτέμων, -ονοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `foresail' (Act. Ap. 27, 40), `mast with f.'; meaning uncertain in Lyd. Mens. 2, 12.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unexplained technical word, of which meaning and history is not yet well-known. Connection with ἀρτέομαι or ἀρτάω with -μων (Chantr. Form. 172, Schwyzer 522) does not explain the meaning. Improb. vW. - Lat. LW [loanword] artemo(n) since Lucil. as name of a sail v.t., in Vitr. 10, 2, 9 also `principal pulley' (from here Fr. artimon, with different meaning). Cf. J. Vart, L'art nautique 101-106; J. Rougé, Commerce maritime 58f.Page in Frisk: 1,154
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.