ναύκληρ-ος, ὁ,
I
1. shipowner and merchant (opp. ἔμπορος, q. v.), IG 12.127.34, 128.4, Hdt. 1.5, 4.152, S. Ph. 128, 547, E. Fr. 417, Ar. Av. 595, Th. 1.137, X. Mem. 3.9.11.
2. skipper, sailing-master, OGI 344.4 (Delos, ii B. C.), [Act 27:11], POxy. 63.4 (ii/iii A. D.).
3. generally, captain, commander, A. Supp. 177: as Adj., ν. πλάτη S. Fr. 430; ν. χείρ the master’s hand, of a charioteer, E. Hipp. 1224; ν. πόλις Philostr. VS 2.26.2.
II
1. at Athens, one who rented and sub-let tenement-houses, Sannyr. 6, Hyp. Fr. 37, Diph. 37, cf. Hsch., Poll. 1.75.
2. = cross ναύκραρος, Id. 8.108 (s. v. l.); cf. ναύκλαρος.
G3490 — ναύκληρος
ναυκληρου, ὁ (ναῦς and κλῆρος), from Herodotus (and Sophocles) down, a ship-owner, ship-master, i. e. one who hires out his vessel, or a portion of it, for purposes of transportation: [Act 27:11].
* ναύ - κληρος , - ου , ὁ
( < v αῦς , κλῆρος ),
a shipowner, shipmaster: [Act 27:11]. †