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

  • θεραπεύσασ δὲ τὸ σῶμα καὶ ἀναπαυσάμενοσ ὀλίγον ἐσ Στυλίδα νυκτὸσ ἐξῄει, παραπεμπόμενοσ ὑπὸ τοῦ Μεσσάλα, πρὸσ Καρρίναν τρία ἔχοντα ἐπὶ τοῦ πρόπλου τέλη· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 12 4:4)

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

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