ναυτίλος [ῐ],ὁ, poet. forναύτης,
A. seaman, sailor,
Hdt. 2.43 , A. Pr. 468 , S. Aj. 1146 : rare in Com., Nausicr. 1.2 , 2.10 .
2. asAdj. ναύτῐλος,ον, of a ship,
ν. σέλματα
A. Ag. 1442
; ν. πλάτη
E. Fr. 846
.
II. thepaper nautilus, Argonauta argo,a cephalopod mollusc fabled to sail by spreading its membranous arms, Arist. HA 525a21 , 622b5 , cf. Call. Epigr. 6.3 , Opp. H. 1.340 , Ael. NA 9.34 .