καταπλέω
οὗτος μὲν ὁ πιθανώτερος τῶν λόγων εἴρηται, δεῖ δὲ καὶ τὸν ἧσσον πιθανόν, ἐπεί γε δὴ λέγεται, ῥηθῆναι → this is the most credible of the stories told; but I must relate the less credible tale also, since they tell it
English (LSJ)
lon. καταπλώω Hdt.2.93 codd.: aor.
A -έπλωσα Id.1.2, al.:— sail down; i.e., 1 sail from the high sea to land, put in, ἔνθα κατεπλέομεν Od.9.142: abs., Hdt.6.97, 7.137, Lys.28.5, etc.; ἐς Αἶαν Hdt.1.2, cf. 8.132; ἐπὶ Ἑλλησπόντου ib.109,9.98; ἐπ' Ἀρτεμίσιον Id.7.195; τὰς ἐκ Πόντου ναῦς Ἀθήναζε κ. X.HG5.1.28; ἕως ἂν δεῦρο -πλεύσωμεν Test. ap. D.21.168; ἐνταῦθα κ. Id.32.14; sail home, Lys. 21.3, Phoenicid.2.3; νεωστὶ καταπεπλευκώς having lately come ashore, Pl.Euthd.297c; of things, to be brought by sea, πυρὸς Ἀθήναζε -πλέων Thphr.CP4.9.5; ἡ -πλέουσα ἀγορά App.Pun.100. 2 sail down stream, [ἐς] τὸν Εὐφρήτην Hdt.1.185; in Egypt, down the Nile, κ. εἰς τὴν πόλιν (sc. Alexandria) PMagd.22.4 (iii B.C.), cf. PTeb.58.44 (ii B.C.), etc.; of fish, swim down stream, κ. ἐς θάλασσαν Hdt.2.93, cf. Arist.HA598b16. II sail back, Hdt.1.165, 3.45, And.2.13, Phld.Acad.Ind.p.102M., etc.
