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ἀνάπλοος

Second declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνάπλοος

Etym.: a)naple/w

Sense

  1. a sailing upstream
  2. a putting out

Examples

  • ἐπὶ τούτου, πλὴν τοῦ Θηβαϊκοῦ νομοῦ, πᾶσαν Αἴγυπτον εἶναι ἕλοσ, καὶ αὐτῆσ εἶναι οὐδὲν ὑπερέχον τῶν νῦν ἔνερθε λίμνησ τῆσ Μοίριοσ ἐόντων, ἐσ τὴν ἀνάπλοοσ ἀπὸ θαλάσσησ ἑπτὰ ἡμερέων ἐστὶ ἀνὰ τὸν ποταμόν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 4 4:1)
  • ἀπὸ δὲ Ἡλίου πόλιοσ ἐσ Θήβασ ἐστὶ ἀνάπλοοσ ἐννέα ἡμερέων, στάδιοι δὲ τῆσ ὁδοῦ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ὀκτακόσιοι καὶ τετρακισχίλιοι, σχοίνων ἑνὸσ καὶ ὀγδώκοντα ἐόντων. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 9 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. a putting out

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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