ἐπιπλέω?
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration: epipleō
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 ἠύτ᾿ ἔλαιον᾿. (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)
