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 δὴ προπεσοῦμαι athwart, Com.Adesp. 640. Regul. Adv. ‐ίως transversely, Antyll. ap. Orib. 44.8.2, Paul.Aeg. 6.40.

2. . striped, CPR 21.19 (iii A.D.), etc.

II. . in Od. 9.70 αἱ μὲν [νῆες] ἔπειτ’ ἐφέροντ’ ἐπικάρσιαι, either (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.).