Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀπειρόπλους

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπειρόπλους

Etym.: plo/os

Sense

  1. ignorant of navigation

Examples

  • ὅτε, εἰ καὶ παντάπασιν ἠπειρώτησ καὶ ἀπειρόπλουσ τισ εἰή, πάντωσ ἂν ἐθελήσειε καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐμβῆναι καὶ περιπλεῦσαι καὶ πολὺ ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ ἀποσπάσαι, καὶ μάλιστα εἰ βλέποι τὴν μὲν αὔραν κούφωσ ἐπουριάζουσαν τὴν ὀθόνην, τὴν δὲ ναῦν προσηνῶσ τε καὶ λείωσ ἐπ’ ἄκρων ἠρέμα διολισθάνουσαν τῶν κυμάτων. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 12:2)

Synonyms

  1. ignorant of navigation

Similar forms

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

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