πλοῖον, τό,
(πλέω) properly floating vessel: hence, generally, ship, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 602, “Ag.” 625, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.168, “IG” 12.128.5, etc.: more nearly defined, π. λεπτά] Refs 5th c.BC+] small craft, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.36, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.83 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἁλιευτικόν a fishing-boat, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱππαγωγὰ π. transports for horses, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.48 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. μακρά ships of war, [[ [prev. author] 5.30, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. στρογγύλα or φορτηγικά ships of burden, merchantmen, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.21; μεγάλα π. 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.78; ἱερὸν π. τοῦ Ὀσείριος “OGI” 56.51 (Canopus, 3rd c.BC): when distinguished from ναῦς,] Refs 5th c.BC+] without adjective, mostly merchant-ship or transport, as opposed to ship of war, τοῖς π. καὶ ταῖς ναυσί [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.116, compare 6.44 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλεῖν μὴ μακρᾷ νηΐ, ἄλλῳ δὲ κωπήρει πλοίῳ Foed.[[ cited in [same work] 4.118; πλοῖά τε καὶ τριήρεις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 295d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλοῖα alone, ={τριήρεις}, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.1, Docum. cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.106. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]