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|Definition=Ep. [[πλείω]] Od.15.34, 16.368: Ep. impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἀπέπλειον 8.501: also Ep.and Ion. [[πλώω]] (v. infr.): Att. contr. imper. πλεῖ E.Tr.102(anap.): fut. πλεύσομαι Od.12.25, Il.11.22 ([[ἀναπλέω]]), Hdt.2.29, Th.6.104, etc.; later πλευσοῦμαι SIG402.27 (Chios, iii B. C.), found in codd. of Th.1.143, 8.1, (ἐπεσ-) Id.4.13, ([[συνεκπλέω]]) Lys.13.25, ([[ἀποπλέω]]) Pl.Hp.Ma.370d, 371b, ([[συμπλέω]]) Isoc.17.19, etc.; Dor. πλευσοῦμαι Theoc.14.55; but 3pl. πλεύσονται GDI5120B11,13 (Crete, iii B. C.); πλεύσω Philem. 116 (S.V.l.), Plb.2.12.3, AP11.162 (Nicarch.), 245 (Lucill.), OGI572.30 (Lycia, ii/iii A.D.), etc.: aor. 1 ἔπλευσα A.Ag.691 (lyr.), etc.: pf. πέπλευκα S.Ph.404, etc.:—Pass., fut. [[πλευσθήσομαι]] (περι-) Arr.An.5.26.2: aor. [[ἐπλεύσθην]] ib.6.28.6, Babr.71.3: pf. πέπλευσμαι X.Cyr.6.1.16, D.56.12: Hom. uses only pres., impf., and fut. [[πλεύσομαι]] (v. supr.).—Of the Ion. [[πλώω]], Hom. uses opt. πλώοιεν Od.5.240, part. [[ἐπιπλώων]] ib.284, πλώων h.Hom.22.7: impf. πλῶον Il.21.302; also shortd. aor. [[ἔπλων]], [[ως]], ω, part. [[πλώς]], in the compds. [[ἀπέπλω]], [[ἐπέπλως]], part. [[ἐπιπλώς]], [[παρέπλω]]; and Hes. has [[ἐπέπλων;]] the pres., impf., and fut. forms occur as vv.ll. in Hdt., inf. πλώειν 4.156, part. πλωούσας 8.10,22,42: impf. [[ἔπλωον]] ib.41; Iterat. πλώεσκον Q.S.14.656: fut. [[πλώσομαι]] (ἀπο-) Hdt.8.5 (πλώσω Lyc.1044); but the aor. 1 forms are read in Hdt., ἔπλωσα 4.148; inf. πλῶσαι 1.24; part. πλώσας 4.156, 8.49 (also once in Hom. in compd. ἐπιπλώσας Il. 3.47): pf. παραπέπλωκα Hdt.4.99; [[πέπλωκα]] occurs E.Hel.532, Ar. Th.878 (paratrag.).—Only εε and εει are contracted in Att. ([[πλέει]] is f.l. in Th.4.28, and [[πλέετε]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in X.An.7.6.37). [Hom. uses [[πλέων]] as monosyll., πλέων ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον Od.1.183]:—[[sail]], [[go by sea]], Λακεδαίμονος ἐξ ἐρατεινῆς Il.3.444; Ἰλιόθεν 14.251; ἐπὶ Κέρκυραν Th. 1.53; εὐθὺ Λέσβου X.HG1.2.11; πλέω ἐπὶ [σῖτον] = to [[fetch]] it, Id.Oec.20.27; ἐπί τι IG12.105.9; μετὰ [νάκος] Pi.P.4.69; εἰς Ἐρέτριαν ἐπ' ἄνδρας Pl. Mx.240b; more fully, ἐνὶ πόντῳ νηῒ θοῇ πλείοντες Od.16.368; νηῒ… πλέων ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον Il.7.88; πλέεν… ποντοπορεύων Od.5.278; ἐν τῇ νηΐ Pl.R.341d; [[ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ]] ib.346b; ἐπλέομεν βορέῃ ἀνέμῳ Od.14.253; αὔρᾳ A.Ag.691 (lyr.): c. acc. cogn., πλεῖθ' ὑγρὰ κέλευθα = [[sail]] the [[watery]] [[way]]s, Od.3.71; πλεῖν τὴν θάλατταν And.1.137, Lys.6.19, Isoc.8.20, Antiph.100:—Pass., τὸ πεπλευσμένον [πέλαγος] X.Cyr.6.1.16, cf. Babr.71.3; πλεῖται ἡ θάλασσα Muson.Fr.18 B p.104 H.; also π. στόλον τόνδε S.Ph.1038; τοῦ πλοῦ τοῦ πεπλευσμένου D. 56.12: metaph., [[πλεῖν]] ὑφειμένῃ δοκεῖ, cf. [[ὑφίημι]] ΙΙΙ: [[proverb|prov.]], [[ὁ μὴ πεπλευκὼς οὐδὲν ἑόρακεν κακόν]] = anyone who hasn't sailed has never seen trouble Posidipp.22; [[ἐπὶ γῆς μὴ πλεῖν]] = when on [[land]] do not [[be at sea]], i.e. [[avoid]] the [[hazard]]s of [[tax]]-[[farming]], etc., Pythag. ap. Clem.Al.Strom.5.5.28.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of ships, Il.9.360; νέας ἄμεινον πλεούσας Hdt.8.10, etc.; ὑπὸ τριήρους… εὖ πλεούσης ἐπεδιώκοντο Th.7.23; ἡ ναῦς ἄριστά μοι ἔπλει Lys.21.6; ἔφευγε ταῖς ναυσὶν εὖ πλεούσαις X.HG1.6.16; τριήρης ταχὺ π. Id.Oec.8.8.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of other things, [[swim]], [[float]], τεύχεα καλὰ… πλῶον καὶ νέκυες Il.21.302; δένδρεα... τά οἱ πλώοιεν ἐλαφρῶς Od.5.240; [νῆσος] πλέουσα Hdt.2.156.<br><span class="bld">3</span> to [[be conveyed by sea]], [σκῦλα] πλέοντα Th.3.114.<br><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., ταύτης ἔπι πλέοντες ὀρθῆς = while [the ship of] our country bearing us is on an even keel, S.Ant.190; οὐδ' ὅπως ὀρθὴ πλεύσεται (sc. [[ἡ πόλις]]) προείδετο D.19.250; πάντα ἡμῖν κατ' ὀρθὸν πλεῖ Pl.Lg.813d; θεοῦ θέλοντος κἂν ἐπὶ ῥιπὸς πλέοις E.Fr.397; also κέρδους ἕκατι κἂν ἐπὶ ῥιπὸς πλέοι Ar.Pax699. (With πλε (ϝ) -, πλευ- cf. Skt. plávate '[[float]]', '[[swim]]', Lat. [[pluit]]; with πλω- cf. Goth. flōdus '[[river]]', '[[flood]]', OE. flćwan '[[flow]]'.)