Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρόπλους

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόπλους πρόπλουν

Structure: προπλο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. sailing before or in advance, the leading ships

Examples

  • περιπέμψασ δ’ εὐθὺσ πανταχῇ τοὺσ ἐξαγγελοῦντασ, ὅτι σῴζοιτο, πυνθάνεται Καλουίσιον σὺν ταῖσ πρόπλοισ καταπλέοντα καὶ ὡσ ἐπὶ δύο χρηστοῖσ καὶ ἀδοκήτοισ ἀνεπαύετο. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 9 11:5)

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

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