palinurus

Noun

Meaning

An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Horace was probably also with Maecenas on one of Octavian's naval expeditions against the piratical Sextus Pompeius, which ended in a disastrous storm off Palinurus in 36 BC, briefly alluded to by Horace in terms of near-drowning. Source: Internet

Odes 3.4.28 Odes 3.4.28: "nec (me extinxit) Sicula Palinurus unda"; "nor did Palinurus extinguish me with Sicilian waters". Source: Internet

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