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πλώιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλώιμος πλώιμη πλώιμον

Structure: πλωιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: plw/w

Sense

  1. fit for sailing
  2. fit for sea, seaworthy
  3. navigation, favourable for navigation

Examples

  • τῶν γὰρ Βοιωτίων πεδίων ὅ τί πέρ ἐστι κάλλιστον καὶ μέγιστον, τοῦτο τῆσ Ὀρχομενίων ἐξηρτημένον πόλεωσ ὁμαλὸν ἀναπέπταται καὶ ἄδενδρον ἄχρι τῶν ἑλῶν ἐν οἷσ ὁ Μέλασ καταναλίσκεται ποταμόσ, ἀνατέλλων μὲν ὑπὸ τὴν πόλιν τῶν Ὀρχομενίων πολὺσ καὶ πλώϊμοσ ἐν πηγαῖσ μόνοσ τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν ποταμῶν, αὐξόμενοσ δὲ ὑπὸ τροπὰσ θερινάσ, ὥσπερ ὁ Νεῖλοσ, καὶ φέρων ὅμοια τοῖσ ἐκεῖ τὰ φυόμενα, πλὴν ἄκαρπα καὶ ἀναυξῆ. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 20 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. fit for sailing

  2. navigation

Related

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

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