What does artemōn mean in Latin?

artemōn, a noun, means “topsail, foresail, bysail; main block in a pulley system”.

What is the genitive of artemōn?

The genitive singular is artemonis. artemōn is masculine, third declension.

In classical Latin, [ˈar.tɛ.moːn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈar.te.mon].

Ancient Greek ἀρτάω (artáō) → Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) → Latin artemōn.

noun · masculinethird declension

artemōn m (genitive artemonis)

Classical[ˈar.tɛ.moːn]Ecclesiastical[ˈar.te.mon]

topsail, foresail, bysail
a. 410, Vulg. Actus Apostolorum 27, 40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the by-sail to the wind, and made toward shore.
a. 533, Dig. 50, 16, 242, pr. Iavolenus libro secundo ex posterioribus Labeonis Malum navis esse partem, artemonem autem non esse Labeo ait, quia pleraeque naves sine malo inutiles essent, ideoque pars navis habetur: artemo autem magis adiectamento quam pars navis est.A mast is a part of the ship but not a foresail, says Labeo, because most ships are useless without mast, and therefore it is deemed as a part of the ship: whereas a foresail is more of an add-on than a part of the ship.
main block in a pulley system

artĕmon (artĕmo, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 99 P.), ōnis, m., = ἀρτέμων.

I. A sail put upon the mast above the main-sail, a top-sail, Dig. 50, 16, 242; * Vulg. Act. 27, 40.—

II. The guiding-pulley of a machine for raising weights, * Vitr. 10, 5.

Ancient Greek ἀρτέμων (artémōn)bor. Latin artemōn Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρτέμων (artémōn).

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