sail upon
ἐπιπλέω, Ion.
ἐπιπλεκ-πλώω(both in Hom. ),fut.
A.
-πλεύσομαι
Th. 3.16
:aor. 1 -έπλευσαib. 80 , Ion.
-έπλωσα
Hdt. 1.70
: Ep.
2 sg. aor. 2 ἐπέπλως,part. ἐπιπλώς, but ( Il. 3.47 )ἐπιπλώσας:—sail uponorover,ἐπέπλεον
ὑγρὰ κέλευθα
Il. 1.312
, Od. 4.842 ; πόντον ἐπιπλώων
5.284
;πόντον
ἐπέπλως
3.15
; ἐπιπλὼς εὐρέα πόντον
Il. 6.291
;ἐπιπλεῖν ἁλμυρὸν
ὕδωρ
Od. 9.227
, etc.
II. .sail against, attack by sea, νηυσὶ ἐ. τινί
Hdt. 5.86
; τῇ Κερκύρᾳ
Th. 3.76
; ἐπὶ τὰς Μινδάρου ναῦς
X. HG 1.5.11
, etc.; ἐπὶ τὴν Σαλαμῖνα
D.S. 20.50
: abs., Hdt. 1.70 , 6.33 ; also of the ships, Th. 3.80 : generally,sail on, Plb. 1.25.4 , etc.
III. .sail on boarda ship, Hdt. 7.98 , 8.67 , Th. 2.66 ; of commanders,τοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν
νεῶν ἐ. στρατηγούς
Hdt. 5.36
; [ναύαρχος] Th. 3.16 ;ξύμβουλοςib. 76 ; ταμίας
D. 49.14
; alsoἐ. ταῖς ἐμπορίαις sail in charge of, Id. 56.8 ; andὁ ἐπιπλέωνthesupercargo, Id. 32.12 ; οἱ ἐπιπλεύσαντες ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐλαίου
PCair.Zen. 77.2
(iii B.C.).
IV. . of a naval commander,sail past(in order to address, cf.ἐπιπάρειμι(B) 4 ), τοὺς κυβερνήτας καὶ τριηράρχους
Plu. Lys. 11
.
V. .sail after, ἐπὶ παντὶ τῷ στόλῳ
Plb. 1.50.5
;sail up afterwards, ib. 25.4 .
VI. .float upon,ἐπ' αὐτοῦ(sc.τοῦ ὕδατος) Hdt. 3.23 ; ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης
Arist. HA 622b6
; ἐπὶ τῷ ὕδατι
Id. Mete. 384b17
;slip, slide uponice, Plb. 3.55.2 , 4 .
VII. .overflow(of a river), gloss on ἄρδειν , interpol. in App. BC 2.153 ;μέχρι ἐπιπλεύσῃuntil (the water)coversthe substance, PHolm. 21.29 .
