πλόος
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.
χοῦς A),
Peripl.M.Rubr. 62 ,
OGI 572.21 (Myra, ii/iii A.D.),
X. Eph.
1.14 ; dat.
πλοΐ D.S. 21.2 : pl.
πλόες Phot. ; acc.
πλόας IGRom. 4.841 (Hierapolis):(
πλέω):—
sailing, voyage, Od. 3.169 ,
Hdt. (who always has the disyll. form)
2.29 , etc.;
ἔσσεται Ἀγεάνακτι καλὸς π. ἐς Μιτυλάναν Theoc. 7.52 ;
ναῶν π. Pi. O. 7.32 ;
πλόον ὁρμαίνειν Od. l.c.;
πλοῦν στεῖλαι, ποιεῖσθαι, S. Aj. 1045 ,
Ph. 552 ;
ἔξω πλόου out of
one's course, Pi. P. 11.39 ;
ἐπ’ ἡμέρας τέσσερας πλόος Hdt. 2.29 ;
μῆκός ἐστι πλόος ἡμέραι τέσσερες its length is four days'
sail, ib.
158 ;
ἐκ τῶν πλόων when
the voyage is done,
Id. 1.185 : metaph.,
διὰ τοῦ πλοῦ .. τῆς ζωῆς Pl. Lg. 803b .
2). time or
tide for sailing, ὡραῖος π., εἰαρινὸς π., Hes. Op. 630 ,
678 ;
καιρὸς καὶ π. S. Ph. 1450 (anap.);
π. ἡμῖν ἐγίγνετο, i.e. the wind was fair,
Antipho 5.24 , cf.
Th. 1.137 ;
π. ἐστί τινι E. Hec. 899 ,
IA 92 ;
παραπεσόντος π. τισί Plb. 4.57.6 ;
πλῷ χρήσασθαι to have a
fair wind, Th. 3.3 ;
πλόον δοκάζων Sophr. 52 : pl.,
καλλίστοις ἐχρήσαντο πλοῖς Antipho 5.83 .
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 Men. 241 ),
Pl. Phd. 99d ,
Phlb. 19c ,
Plt. 300c ;
δεύτερος δὲ π.. ., πειρᾶσθαι .. the
next best thing is to try .. ,
Arist. Pol. 1284b19 ;
κατὰ τὸν δ. πλοῦν Id. EN 1109a35 ;
δ. ἂν εἴη π. τὸ .. Plb. 8.36.6 : prov.,
οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐπὶ τράπεζάν ἐσθ’ ὁ π. Nicol.Com. 1.26 , cf.
Κόρινθος; ἡμέτερος ὁ π. 'our innings',
Com.Adesp. 274 .
4). later, =
ὁδός, βαιὸν π. αἰὲν ὀκέλλει , of
the crawling of a serpent,
Nic. Th. 295 , cf. Sch. ad loc.
ShortDef
a sailing, voyage
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Headword (normalized/stripped):
πλοος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πλόος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, Att. contr. <span class="orth greek">πλοῦς;</span> pl. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">πλοῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:304" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:304/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 304 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:7:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:7:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 5.7.7 </a>; gen. <span class="quote greek">πλῶν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 132.9 </span> (Egypt, ii B.C.); dat. <span class="quote greek">πλοῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:83/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 5.83 </a> ; acc. <span class="quote greek">πλοῦς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:362b:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:362b.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 362b24 </a> ; later, a gen. sg. <span class="foreign greek">πλοός,</span> as if of third declens. (cf. <span class="foreign greek">χοῦς</span> A), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Peripl.M.Rubr.</span> 62 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 572.21 </span> (Myra, ii/iii A.D.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> </span> Eph.<span class="bibl"> 1.14 </span>; dat. <span class="quote greek">πλοΐ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:21:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:21.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 21.2 </a> : pl. <span class="quote greek">πλόες</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phot.</span> </span> ; acc. <span class="quote greek">πλόας</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IGRom.</span> 4.841 </span> (Hierapolis):(<span class="etym greek">πλέω</span>):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sailing, voyage,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:169" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.169/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.169 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> </span> (who always has the disyll. form) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.29/canonical-url/"> 2.29 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἔσσεται Ἀγεάνακτι καλὸς π. ἐς Μιτυλάναν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 7.52 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ναῶν π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 7.32 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πλόον ὁρμαίνειν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> </span> l.c.; <span class="foreign greek">πλοῦν στεῖλαι, ποιεῖσθαι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1045" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1045/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 1045 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:552" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:552/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 552 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἔξω πλόου</span> out of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">one\'s course,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 11.39 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐπ’ ἡμέρας τέσσερας πλόος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.29 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μῆκός ἐστι πλόος ἡμέραι τέσσερες</span> its length is four days\' <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sail,</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:158/canonical-url/"> 158 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐκ τῶν πλόων</span> when <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the voyage</span> is done, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:185" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.185/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.185 </a>: metaph., <span class="quote greek">διὰ τοῦ πλοῦ .. τῆς ζωῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:803b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:803b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 803b </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">time</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tide for sailing,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ὡραῖος π., εἰαρινὸς π.,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:630" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:630/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 630 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:678" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:678/canonical-url/"> 678 </a>; <span class="quote greek">καιρὸς καὶ π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1450" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1450/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1450 </a> (anap.); <span class="foreign greek">π. ἡμῖν ἐγίγνετο,</span> i.e. the wind was fair, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 5.24 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:137" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.137/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.137 </a>; <span class="quote greek">π. ἐστί τινι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:899" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:899/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 899 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:92/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 92 </a>; <span class="quote greek">παραπεσόντος π. τισί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:57:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:57:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 4.57.6 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πλῷ χρήσασθαι</span> to have a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fair wind,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.3 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πλόον δοκάζων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0524.tlg001:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0524.tlg001:52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sophr.</span> 52 </a> : pl., <span class="quote greek">καλλίστοις ἐχρήσαντο πλοῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:83/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 5.83 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> prov., <span class="foreign greek">δεύτερος π.</span> \'the next best way\', of those who try another scheme if the first fails (from those who use oars when the wind fails, <span class="foreign greek">ὁ δ. π. ἐστι δήπου λεγόμενος, ἂν ἀποτύχῃ τις οὐρίου</span> (cj.), <span class="quote greek">κώπαισι πλεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:241" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:241/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 241 </a> ), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:99d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:99d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 99d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:19c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:19c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 19c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:300c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:300c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 300c </a>; <span class="foreign greek">δεύτερος δὲ π.. ., πειρᾶσθαι ..</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">next best thing</span> is to try .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1284b:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1284b.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1284b19 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κατὰ τὸν δ. πλοῦν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1109a:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1109a.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1109a35 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δ. ἂν εἴη π. τὸ ..</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:36:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:36:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 8.36.6 </a> : prov., <span class="quote greek">οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐπὶ τράπεζάν ἐσθ’ ὁ π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0481.tlg001:1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0481.tlg001:1.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nicol.Com.</span> 1.26 </a> , cf. <span class="foreign greek">Κόρινθος; ἡμέτερος ὁ π.</span> \'our innings\', <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Com.Adesp.</span> 274 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> later, = <span class="ref greek">ὁδός, βαιὸν π. αἰὲν ὀκέλλει</span> , of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the crawling</span> of a serpent, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:295" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:295/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 295 </a>, cf. Sch. ad loc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">highway,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὑλήεντα διὰ πλόον ἐρχομένοισι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0239.tlg002:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0239.tlg002:62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antim.</span> 62 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔχοντα παρὰ πλόον οἰκίον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:1:4:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:1:4:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 1.4.13 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}