πλοιάριον
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
English (LSJ)
τό, Dim. of πλοῖον,
A skiff, boat, Ar.Ra.139, X.HG4.5.17, Ev.Jo.6.22, Peripl.M.Rubr.15, BGU812.5, etc. II a kind of woman's shoe, Poll.7.93.
German (Pape)
[Seite 637] τό, dim. von πλοῖον, Schiffchen, Kahn; Ar. Ran. 139; Menand. bei Ath. XIII, 559 d.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πλοιάριον: [ᾰ], τό, ὑποκορ. τοῦ πλοῖον, μικρὸν πλοῖον, ἄκατος, Ἀριστοφ. Βάτρ. 139, Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 4, 5, 17, κτλ. ΙΙ. εἶδος γυναικείου ὑποδήματος, Πολυδ. Ζϳ, 93.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
petit bateau.
Étymologie: dim. de πλοῖον.
English (Strong)
neuter of a presumed derivative of πλοῖον; a boat: boat, little (small) ship.
English (Thayer)
πλοιαριου, τό (diminutive of πλοῖον, see γυναικάριον, at the end), a small vessel, a boat: L marginal reading T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; John 6:( , L Tr marginal reading WH πλοῖα), L T Tr WH; B. D., under the word Smith's Bible Dictionary, Ships Ship (13).) (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Diodorus, others.)
Greek Monotonic
πλοιάριον: [ᾰ], τό, υποκορ. του πλοῖον, μικρό πλοίο, βάρκα, σε Αριστοφ., Ξεν.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
πλοιάριον: (ᾰ) τό суденышко, лодочка Arph., Xen. etc.
