ἀποκολυμβάω
From LSJ
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
English (LSJ)
A dive and swim away, Th.4.25, D.C.49.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 308] durch Schwimmen entkommen, Thuc. 4, 25.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποκολυμβάω: σῴζομαι κολυμβῶν, ἐξέρχομαι εἰς τὴν ξηρὰν κολυμβῶν ἐκ ναυαγήσαντος πλοίου, μίαν ναῦν αὐτοὶ ἀπώλεσαν τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἀποκολυμβησάντων Θουκ. 4. 25, Δίων Κ. 49. 1.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
se sauver à la nage.
Étymologie: ἀπό, κολυμβάω.
Spanish (DGE)
tirarse al agua, salvarse a nado en el mar μίαν ναῦν ... ἀπώλεσαν τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἀποκολυμβησάντων Th.4.25, εἰς τὰν θά[λασ] σαν IG 42.122.20 (Epidauro IV a.C.), εἰς τὸν ποταμόν UPZ 19.11 (II a.C.), φθειρομένων ... τῶν σκαφῶν ἀπεκολύμβησαν D.C.49.1.5.
