πλόος

English (LSJ)

ὁ, Att. contr. πλοῦς; pl.

   A πλοῖ S.Ph.304, X.An.5.7.7; gen. πλῶν OGI132.9 (Egypt, ii B.C.); dat. πλοῖς Antipho 5.83; acc. πλοῦς Arist.Mete.362b24; later, a gen. sg. πλοός, as if of third declens. (cf. χοῦς A), Peripl.M.Rubr.62, OGI572.21 (Myra, ii/iii A.D.), X. Eph.1.14; dat. πλοΐ D.S.21.2: pl. πλόες Phot.; acc. πλόας IGRom. 4.841 (Hierapolis): (πλέω):—sailing, voyage, Od.3.169, Hdt. (who always has the disyll. form) 2.29, etc.; ἔσσεται Ἀγεάνακτι καλὸς π. ἐς Μιτυλάναν Theoc.7.52; ναῶν π. Pi.O.7.32; πλόον ὁρμαίνειν Od. l.c.; πλοῦν στεῖλαι, ποιεῖσθαι, S.Aj.1045, Ph.552; ἔξω πλόου out of one's course, Pi.P.11.39; ἐπ' ἡμέρας τέσσερας πλόος Hdt.2.29; μῆκός ἐστι πλόος ἡμέραι τέσσερες its length is four days' sail, ib.158; ἐκ τῶν πλόων when the voyage is done, Id.1.185: metaph., διὰ τοῦ πλοῦ . . τῆς ζωῆς Pl.Lg.803b.    2 time or tide for sailing, ὡραῖος π., εἰαρινὸς π., Hes.Op.630, 678; καιρὸς καὶ π. S.Ph.1450 (anap.); π. ἡμῖν ἐγίγνετο, i.e. the wind was fair, Antipho 5.24, cf. Th.1.137; π. ἐστί τινι E.Hec.899, IA92; παραπεσόντος π. τισί Plb.4.57.6; πλῷ χρήσασθαι to have a fair wind, Th.3.3; πλόον δοκάζων Sophr.52: pl., καλλίστοις ἐχρήσαντο πλοῖς Antipho 5.83.    3 prov., δεύτερος π. 'the next best way', of those who try another scheme if the first fails (from those who use oars when the wind fails, ὁ δ. π. ἐστι δήπου λεγόμενος, ἂν ἀποτύχῃ τις οὐρίου (cj.), κώπαισι πλεῖν Men.241), Pl.Phd. 99d, Phlb.19c, Plt.300c; δεύτερος δὲ π.... πειρᾶσθαι .. the next best thing is to try... Arist.Pol.1284b19; κατὰ τὸν δ. πλοῦν Id.EN1109a35; δ. ἂν εἴη π. τὸ . . Plb.8.36.6: prov., οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐπὶ τράπεζάν ἐσθ' ὁ π. Nicol.Com.1.26, cf. Κόρινθος; ἡμέτερος ὁ π. 'our innings', Com.Adesp.274.    4 later, = ὁδός, βαιὸν π. αἰὲν ὀκέλλει, of the crawling of a serpent, Nic.Th.295, cf. Sch. ad loc.    b highway, ὑλήεντα διὰ πλόον ἐρχομένοισι Antim.62; ἔχοντα παρὰ πλόον οἰκίον Call.Hec.1.4.13.