artemon denotes the sail raised to catch the wind as a ship heads for shore.

The single attested use places the term among a ship’s actions as it is raised to the wind while the vessel heads for shore.

1. Sail raised for the approach to shore · dominant

   In Acts 27:40, the accusative singular masculine form occurs in the sequence of ship-handling actions: anchors are released, rudder ropes loosened, and the sail is raised to the wind as the vessel heads for shore. The APB renders this clause “hoisted the foresail to the wind,”.

   Acts 27:40

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 27:40, the APB presents the term within the ship’s maneuvering sequence as “hoisted the foresail to the wind.” This rendering confirms the clause’s setting rather than supplying a separate lexical distinction.