πλώιμος

English (LSJ)

or πλόϊμος, ον, (πλώω)

   A fit for sailing:    1 of a ship, seaworthy, Th.1.29,50, 2.13, D.56.23, etc.; also, fit for shipbuilding, τῶν ξύλων τὰ -ώτατα Plu.2.676a.    2 of navigation, ἤδη πλωϊμωτέρων ὄντων as navigation advanced, as circumstances became favourable for navigation, Th.1.7, cf. 8; but πλωΐμων γενομένων when the weather was fit for sailing, D.H.1.63; τὴν θάλατταν ἐκ Διονυσίων π. εἶναι Thphr.Char.3.3; τῆς ὥρας ἐστὶ τὰ π. Hld. 5.21.    3 of a river, navigable, ῥαπτοῖς πλοίοις Str.7.4.1.    4 of goods, sea-borne, Just.Nov.163.2.—Most codd. of Th. and D. give πλόϊμος (also found in Thphr.l.c.), though in Th. they give πλωΐζω.