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πλόος,ὁ, Att.
contr.
πλοῦς;pl.
A.
πλοῖ
S. Ph. 304
, X. An. 5.7.7 ; gen. πλῶν
OGI 132.9
(Egypt,ii B.C.); dat. πλοῖς
Antipho 5.83
; acc. πλοῦς
Arist. Mete. 362b24
; later, a gen. sg.πλοός,as if of third declens. (cf.χοῦςA), Peripl.M.Rubr. 62 , OGI 572.21 (Myra,ii/iii A.D.), X. Eph. 1.14 ; dat. πλοί̈
D.S. 21.2
: pl. πλόες
Phot.
; acc. πλόας
Close Browse lexicon entries (Hierapolis): (πλέω):—sailing, voyage,
Od. 3.169 , Hdt. (who always has the disyll. form) 2.29 , etc.; ἔσσεται Ἀγεάνακτι καλὸς π. ἐς Μιτυλάναν
l.c.;πλοῦν στεῖλαι, ποιεῖσθαι,
S. Aj. 1045 , Ph. 552 ;ἔξω πλόουout ofone's course,
Pi. P. 11.39 ; ἐπ' ἡμέρας τέσσερας πλόος
;μῆκός ἐστι πλόος ἡμέραι τέσσερεςits length is four days'sail,ib. 158 ;ἐκ τῶν πλόωνwhenthe voyageis done, Id. 1.185 : metaph., διὰ τοῦ πλοῦ . . τῆς ζωῆς
2. timeortide for sailing, ὡραῖος π., εἰαρινὸς π.,
Hes. Op. 630 , 678 ; καιρὸς καὶ π.
(anap.);π. ἡμῖν ἐγίγνετο,i.e. the wind was fair, Antipho 5.24 , cf. Th. 1.137 ; π. ἐστί τινι
, IA 92 ; παραπεσόντος π. τισί
;πλῷ χρήσασθαιto have afair wind,
: pl., καλλίστοις ἐχρήσαντο πλοῖς
3. prov.,δεύτερος π.'the next best way', of those who try another scheme if the first fails (from those who use oars when the wind fails,ὁ δ. π. ἐστι δήπου λεγόμενος, ἂν ἀποτύχῃ τις οὐρίου(cj.), κώπαισι πλεῖν
), Pl. Phd. 99d , Phlb. 19c , Plt. 300c ;δεύτερος δὲ π. . . , πειρᾶσθαι . .thenext best thingis to try . . , Arist. Pol. 1284b19 ; κατὰ τὸν δ. πλοῦν
: prov., οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐπὶ τράπεζάν ἐσθ' ὁ π.
, cf.Κόρινθος; ἡμέτερος ὁ π.'our innings', Com.Adesp. 274 .
4. later, = ὁδός, βαιὸν π. αἰὲν ὀκέλλει , ofthe crawlingof a serpent, Nic. Th. 295 , cf. Sch. ad loc.
ὑλήεντα διὰ πλόον ἐρχομένοισι
; ἔχοντα παρὰ πλόον οἰκίον
References S. Ph. 304 X. An. 5.7.7 OGI 132.9 Antipho 5.83 Arist. Mete. 362b24 Peripl.M.Rubr. 62 OGI 572.21 X. 1.14 D.S. 21.2 Phot. IGRom. 4.841 Od. 3.169 Hdt. 2.29 Theoc. 7.52 Pi. O. 7.32 Od. S. Aj. 1045 Ph. 552 Pi. P. 11.39 Hdt. 2.29 158 Id. 1.185 Pl. Lg. 803b Hes. Op. 630 678 S. Ph. 1450 Antipho 5.24 Th. 1.137 E. Hec. 899 IA 92 Plb. 4.57.6 Th. 3.3 Sophr. 52 Men. 241 Pl. Phd. 99d Phlb. 19c Plt. 300c Arist. Pol. 1284b19 Id. EN 1109a35 Plb. 8.36.6 Nicol.Com. 1.26 Com.Adesp. 274 Nic. Th. 295 Antim. 62 Call. Hec. 1.4.13 Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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