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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἱστίον]], τό (generally pl., sing. in [[Plato]], ''Parmenides'', 131B and C), [[verse|V.]] [[λαῖφος]], τό.

[[set sail]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀπαίρειν]], [[ἀνάγεσθαι]], [[ἐξανάγεσθαι]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπανάγεσθαι]], [[ἀναγωγὴν ποιεῖσθαι]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἐξιέναι κάλως]]; see [[put out]].

[[shorten sail]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑφίεσθαι]]

(absol.): see also [[furl]].

[[how I may set a prosperous sail to the sea-girt land of Cyprus]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ὅπη νεὼς στείλαιμ' ἂν οὔριον πτερὸν εἰς γῆν ἐναλίαν Κύπρον]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Helen]]'' 147).

[[voyage]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πλοῦς]], ὁ; see [[voyage]].

===verb transitive===

[[sail]] (a [[boat]]): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κυβερνᾶν]].

[[sail]] (the [[sea]], etc.): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πλεῖν]] (acc.), [[verse|V.]] [[ναυστολεῖν]] (acc.). '''verb intransitive'''

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πλεῖν]], [[ναυτίλλεσθαι]] (also [[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ναυσθλοῦσθαι]] (also [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]), [[ναυστολεῖν]].

(of a [[ship]]): [[prose|P.]] [[πλεῖν]], [[verse|V.]] [[τρέχειν]].

[[sail fast]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ταχυναυτεῖν]].

[[put to sea]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνάγεσθαι]], [[ἐξανάγεσθαι]], [[ἀπαίρειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπανάγεσθαι]], [[ἀναγωγὴν ποιεῖσθαι]], [[ἀναπλεῖν]]; see [[put out]].

[[sail across]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[διαπλεῖν]] (absol. or acc.).

[[sail against]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιπλεῖν]] (dat. or absol.), [[προσπλεῖν]] (dat. or absol.).

[[sail along the coast]]: [[prose|P.]] [[παραπλεῖν]] (absol.).

[[sail away]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἀποπλεῖν]], [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐκπλεῖν]].

[[sail back]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπαναπλεῖν]].

[[sail from]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀπαίρειν]] ([[ἀπό]], gen. or [[verse|V.]] also gen. [[alone]]).

[[sail home]]: [[prose|P.]] [[καταπλεῖν]].

[[sail in]] or [[into]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εἰσπλεῖν]] ([[εἰς]], acc. or [[verse|V.]] acc. alone or absol.).

[[sail in to attack]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπεισπλεῖν]] (absol.).

[[sail in front]]: [[prose|P.]] [[προπλεῖν]] (absol.).

[[sail on board]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιπλεῖν]] ([[ἐπί]], gen. or absol.), [[ἐμπλεῖν]] (absol.).

[[sail round]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[περιπλεῖν]] (acc. or absol.).

[[sail out]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐκπλεῖν]].

[[sail over]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πλεῖν]] (acc.), [[verse|V.]] [[ναυστολεῖν]] (acc.).

[[sail up]]: [[prose|P.]] [[προσπλεῖν]].

[[sail up stream]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀναπλεῖν]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 1, 104).

[[sail with]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συμπλεῖν]] (absol. or dat.), [[prose|P.]] [[συνεκπλεῖν]] (absol. or dat.).
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