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.
- ὅτε τὸν Ὀρφέα διεσπάσαντο αἱ Θρᾷτται, φασὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ σὺν τῇ λύρᾳ εἰσ τὸν Ἕβρον ἐμπεσοῦσαν ἐκβληθῆναι εἰσ τὸν μέλανα κόλπον, καὶ ἐπιπλεῖν γε τὴν κεφαλὴν τῇ λύρᾳ, τὴν μὲν ᾄδουσαν θρῆνόν τινα ἐπὶ τῷ Ὀρφεῖ, ὡσ λόγοσ,^ τὴν λύραν δὲ αὐτὴν ὑπηχεῖν τῶν ἀνέμων ἐμπιπτόντων ταῖσ χορδαῖσ, καὶ οὕτω μετ’ ᾠδῆσ προσενεχθῆναι τῇ Λέσβῳ, κἀκείνουσ ἀνελομένουσ τὴν μὲν κεφαλὴν καταθάψαι ἵναπερ νῦν τὸ Βακχεῖον αὐτοῖσ ἐστι, τὴν λύραν δὲ ἀναθεῖναι εἰσ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνοσ τὸ ἱερόν, καὶ ἐπὶ πολύ γε σώζεσθαι αὐτήν. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 11:2)
- τὴν μὲν γὰρ κουφότητα τῷ τε σταθμῷ τεκμαίροιτο ἄν τισ , καὶ πρὸ τούτου, ὅτι ἐπιπλεῖ τῇ θαλάσσῃ, οὐχὶ δὲ συμμίγνυται, καθάπερ τῷ Πηνειῷ τὸν Τιταρήσιον λέγει ἐπιρρεῖν Ὅμηροσ ̔καθύπερθεν ἠύτ̓ ἔλαιον̓. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 8 3:1)
- 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)
- πολλὴ μὲν γὰρ ἑκατέροισ προθυμία ἀπὸ τῶν ναυτῶν ἐσ τὸ ἐπιπλεῖν, ὁπότε κελευσθείη, ἐγίγνετο, πολλὴ δ’ ἡ ἀντιτέχνησισ τῶν κυβερνητῶν καὶ ἀγωνισμὸσ πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ, οἵ τε ἐπιβάται ἐθεράπευον, ὅτε προσπέσοι ναῦσ νηί, μὴ λείπεσθαι τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ καταστρώματοσ τῆσ ἄλλησ τέχνησ, πᾶσ τέ τισ ἐν ᾧ προσετέτακτο αὐτὸσ ἕκαστοσ ἠπείγετο πρῶτοσ φαίνεσθαι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 26 1:7)
- ὁ δὲ Φρύνιχοσ προαισθόμενοσ καὶ προσδεχόμενοσ δευτέραν κατηγορίαν παρὰ τοῦ Ἀλκιβιάδου, φθάσασ αὐτὸσ προεῖπε τοῖσ Ἀθηναίοισ ὅτι μέλλουσιν ἐπιπλεῖν οἱ πολέμιοι, καὶ παρῄνεσε πρὸσ ταῖσ ναυσὶν εἶναι καὶ περιτειχίσαι τὸ στρατόπεδον. (Plutarch, , chapter 25 8:1)
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)