Note 285 — BOOK V (continued 3)
Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh translation
According to Suidas, these were light vessels used by pirates: but whether the name arose from their construction, capacity, or the number of their oars, seems uncertain. According to Hesychius they had two banks of oars (δίκροτος ναῦς· πλοῖον μικρόν).