ἐπιπλέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐπιπλέω
ἐπιπλεύσομαι
Structure:
ἐπι
(Prefix)
+
πλέϝ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to sail upon or over
- to sail against, to attack by sea
- to sail on board
- to float on
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἦν γὰρ πλῆρεσ ἤδη τὸ πορθμεῖον καὶ οἰμωγῆσ ἀνάπλεων, τραυματίαι δὲ πάντεσ ἐπέπλεον, ὁ μὲν τὸ σκέλοσ, ὁ δὲ τὴν κεφαλήν, ὁ δὲ ἄλλο τι συντετριμμένοσ, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, ἔκ τινοσ πολέμου παρόντεσ. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 10:6)
- ἀλλὰ σὺ νῦν με, Κύπρι, Σεληναίησ ἄνθεμα πρῶτον ἔχεισ, ναυτίλον ὃσ πελάγεσσιν ἐπέπλεον, εἰ μὲν ἀῆται, τείνασ οἰκείων λαῖφοσ ἀπὸ προτόνων, εἰ δὲ Γαληναίη, λιπαρὴ θεόσ, οὖλοσ ἐρέσσων ποσσί νιν, ὥστ’ ἔργῳ τοὔνομα συμφέρεται, ἔστ’ ἔπεσον παρὰ θῖνασ Ιοὐλίδασ, ὄφρα γένωμαι σοὶ τὸ περίσκεπτον παίγνιον, Ἀρσινόη, μηδέ μοι ἐν θαλάμῃσιν ἔθ’, ὡσ πάροσ εἰμὶ γὰρ ἄπνουσ, τίκτηται νοτερῆσ ὠεόν ἁλκυόνησ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1062)
- ὡσ δὲ ἥ τε ἀσπὶσ ἀπὸ τῶν νεῶν ἤρθη καὶ τῇ σάλπιγγι τὴν ἀναγωγὴν ἐσήμαινεν ἀπὸ τῆσ ναυαρχίδοσ, ἐπέπλεον μὲν αἱ νῆεσ, ἡμιλλῶντο δὲ οἱ πεζοὶ παρὰ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν ἐπὶ τὴν ἄκραν. (Plutarch, , chapter 11 2:2)
- οἱ μὲν γὰρ αὐτῶν ἀπέστελλον ἐκ τῆσ Αἰγύπτου τὰ χρήματα, οἱ δ’ ἐπέπλεον ταῖσ ἐμπορίαισ, οἱ δ’ ἐνθάδε μένοντεσ διετίθεντο τὰ ἀποστελλόμενα· (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 11:1)
- Ἐν τούτῳ δὲ καὶ οἱ ἀμφὶ Νικάνορα ἀπὸ τῆσ Λάδησ τὴν ὁρμὴν τῶν ξὺν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ κατιδόντεσ ἐσ τὸν λιμένα ἐπέπλεον τῶν Μιλησίων παρὰ γῆν τὴν εἰρεσίαν ποιούμενοι, καὶ κατὰ τὸ στόμα τοῦ λιμένοσ, ᾗπερ τὸ στενότατον ἦν, ἀντιπρώρουσ βύζην τὰσ τριήρεισ ὁρμίσαντεσ ἀποκεκλείκεσαν τῷ μὲν Περσικῷ ναυτικῷ τὸν λιμένα, τοῖσ Μιλησίοισ δὲ τὴν ἐκ τῶν Περσῶν ὠφέλειαν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 19 3:1)
Synonyms
-
to sail upon or over
-
to sail against
-
to sail on board
-
to float on
Derived
- ἀναπλέω (to sail up, to go up stream, to put out to sea)
- ἀντεκπλέω (to sail out against)
- ἀντιπαραπλέω (to sail along on the other side)
- ἀντιπεριπλέω (to sail round on the other side)
- ἀντιπλέω (to sail against)
- ἀποπλέω (to sail away, sail off)
- διαπλέω (to sail across, to make, voyage)
- διεκπλέω (to sail out through, to sail out, to break the enemy's line by sailing through it)
- εἰσπλέω (to sail into, enter, as one sails in)
- ἐκπεριπλέω (to sail out round)
- ἐκπλέω (to sail out, sail away, weigh anchor)
- ἐμπλέω (to sail in, the crews)
- ἐπαναπλέω (to put to sea against, for, to sail back again)
- ἐπεισπλέω (to sail in after, to sail against, attack)
- καταπλέω (to sail down, to sail from the high sea to shore, sail to land)
- παραπλέω (to sail by or past, sailed past or through, sailing past)
- περιπλέω (to sail or swim round, of many voyages)
- πλέω (sail , float)
- προσπλέω (to sail towards or against, against)