ναυτ-ικός, ή, όν,
of or for a ship, seafaring, naval, ὁ ν. στρατός [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.100, 203, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ὁ πεζός, [[ [prev. author] 8.1; ν. λεώς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 383; στόλος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 561 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. ἐρείπια wrecks of ships, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 660; ἑδώλια 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1277 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκάφη[[ [prev. work] 1278; ν. πόλεμος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.12; ν. ἀστρολογία 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Anthologia Graeca” 0.79a1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔγγαια καὶ ναυτικά property on land and sea, [[ 5th c.BC: Elephantine Papyri 1.13 (4th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. ἀναρχία among the seamen,[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 607 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ν. crew, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but usually navy, fleet, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.97, 160, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1063, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.36, etc.; ἡ -κή 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.161. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of persons, skilled in seamanship, nautical, ναυτικοὶ ἐγένοντο became a naval power, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18, compare 7.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ναυτικός, ὁ, ={ναύτης}, [[ “POxy.” 929.8 (2nd-3rd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 ἡ-κή (i.e. τέχνη) navigation, seamanship, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.1, etc.; τὰ -κά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.124e: τὰ -κά,] Refs 5th c.BC+] also, naval affairs, sea-power, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.75, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]