πλωΐζω

English (LSJ)

   A sail on the sea, πλωΐζεσκ' ἐν νηυσί Hes.Op.634 (Pl.R.388a implies πλωΐζεσκ' ἀλύων in Il.24.12); οἱ Ἕλληνες μᾶλλον ἔπλῳζον began to use ships or practise navigation, Th.1.13:—Med., Sammelb.7332 (iii B. C.), Str.17.1.6, Luc.Hist.Conscr.62: aor. inf. Pass. πλωϊσθῆναι, πρὸς πόλιν Just. Edict.13.6:—written πλοΐζομαι in Sammelb.7169.20 (ii B. C.), Plb.4.47.1, 5.88.7, D.S.3.34, Arr.Peripl.M.Eux.23.—On the form, v. sq.