ἐπικάρσιος 1 = ἐγκάρσιος,
athwart, cross-wise, at an angle, esp. at a right angle, Od., Hdt.; τὰ ἐπικάρσια the country measured along the coast, opp. to τὰ ὄρθια (at right angles to the coast), id=Hdt.:—c. gen., τριήρεας τοῦ Πόντου ἐπικαρσίας forming an angle with the current of the Pontus, id=Hdt.
Deriv. of -κάρσιος uncertain.