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1 ἐπικάρσιος
A cross-wise, at an angle, esp. at a right angle, as of the cross- streets of Babylon, Hdt.1.180;ῥύμη ἐ. πρὸς τὴν.. εὐθεῖαν Plb.6.29.1
, cf. 6.30.6; τῆς Σκυθικῆς τὰ ἐ. the country measured 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 angle with 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. as Adv., ἐπικάρσια athwart,Com.Adesp.
640. Regul. Adv. - ίως transversely, Antyll. ap. Orib.44.8.2, Paul.Aeg.6.40.II. in Od.9.70 αἱ μὲν [ νῆες] ἔπειτ' ἐφέροντ' ἐπικάρσιαι, either ([etym.] ἐπὶ κάρ), plunging, cf. Eust.ad loc., or (as Sch.) = πλάγιαι, i.e. making leeway, drifting.III. Subst. ἐπικάρσιον, τό, striped garment, Ostr.64 (ii A.D.), POxy.921.14 (iii A.D.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐπικάρσιος
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