ἱστοδόκη

A. mast-holder, a piece of wood standing up from the stern, on which the mast rested when let down, Il. 1.434; glossed by ἱστο‐θήκη, Sch.D adloc., EM 478.30.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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