ναύτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
(ναῦς) seaman, sailor, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.375, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 9.8, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.188, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 302a, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: as adjective, ν. ὅμιλος [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 921 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; by sea, opposed to πεζός (by land), [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 719 (troch.). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II passenger by sea, ναύτην ἄγειν τινά [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 901: _metaphorically_, συμποσίου ναῦται] Refs 5th c.BC+] mates in the drinking bout, [[ 5th c.BC: Dionysius Chalcus Elegiacus 5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]