ναύκληρ-ος, ὁ,
shipowner and merchant (opposed to ἔμπορος, which see), [[ “IG” 12.127.34, 128.4, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5, 4.152, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 128, 547, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 417, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 595, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.9.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 skipper, sailing-master, [[ “OGI” 344.4 (Delos, 2nd c.BC), NT.Act.27.11, “POxy.” 63.4 (2nd-3rd c.AD). ] NT+2nd c.BC+]
__3 generally, captain, commander, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 177 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: as adjective, ν. πλάτη [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 430 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. χείρ the master's hand, of a charioteer, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1224; ν. πόλις 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.26.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II at Athens, one who rented and sub-let tenement-houses, [[ 5th c.BC: Sannyrio Comicus 6, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 37, 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 37, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.75. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 ={ναύκραρος}, [[ [prev. author] 8.108 (assuming variant)] Refs]; compare ναύκλαρος.