ἐπικάρσιος,α,ον, laterος,ον
Plb. 6.29.1 , 6.30.6 , Opp. C. 2.169 :—=ἐγκάρσιος,
A. cross-wise, at an angle, esp.at a right angle, as of thecross-streets of Babylon, Hdt. 1.180 ; ῥύμη ἐ. πρὸς τὴν . . εὐθεῖαν
Plb. 6.29.1
, cf. 6.30.6 ;τῆς Σκυθικῆς τὰ ἐ. the countrymeasured along the coast, opp.τὰ ὄρθια(inwards, at right angles to the coast), Hdt. 4.101 ; opp.κατ' ἰθύ, Q.S. 5.81 : c. gen.,τριήρεας . . τοῦ μὲν Πόντου ἐπικαρσίας, τοῦ δὲ Ἑλλησπόντου κατὰ ῥόον forming an anglewith the current of the Pontus, but . . , Hdt. 7.36 ;ἐπικάρσιαι σανίδες cross-planks, Plb. 1.22.5 ; ἐπικάρσιος ἐπείλησις
Sor. Fasc. 12.506C.
: neut. pl. asAdv.,ἐπικάρσια
δὴ προπεσοῦμαι athwart,
Com.Adesp. 640
. Regul.Adv. -ίως transversely, Antyll. ap. Orib. 44.8.2 , Paul.Aeg. 6.40 .
2. .striped, CPR 21.19
(iii A.D.), etc.
II. . in Od. 9.70