Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρωτόπλους

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρωτόπλους πρωτόπλουν

Structure: πρωτοπλο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. going to sea for the first time, firstplied
  2. sailing first or foremost

Examples

  • παραγγείλασ δὲ τοῖσ πρωτόπλοισ τῶν μεθ’ αὑτοῦ μὴ ἐμβαλεῖν ταῖσ ὑστάταισ, ἐδίωκε τὰσ προεχούσασ. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 1 34:5)

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

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