PARALUS

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PARALUS and SALAMINIA, the name of two

ancient

Athenian triremes used for sacred embassies, the

conveyance

CONVEYANCE

of despatches and

tribute

TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated
payment
- PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)
, contribution)

money, the transportation of state criminals, and as flagships in

time

TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
TIME, STANDARD

of war. It is probable that a third

vessel

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas,
vase
- VASE
- VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate
  root
  - ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
  - ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
  is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)
, urn)

of the same

kind

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

(called

Delia

DELIA

) was used exclusively for Delian embassies, although it has been identified by some with the Salaminia.

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