πλόος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, Att. contr. πλοῦς; pl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πλοῖ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>304</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.7.7</span>; gen. πλῶν <span class="title">OGI</span>132.9 (Egypt, ii B.C.); dat. πλοῖς <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.83</span>; acc. πλοῦς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>362b24</span>; later, a gen. sg. <b class="b3">πλοός</b>, as if of third declens. (cf. [[χοῦς]] A), <span class="title">Peripl.M.Rubr.</span>62, <span class="title">OGI</span>572.21 (Myra, ii/iii A.D.), X. Eph.1.14; dat. πλοΐ <span class="bibl">D.S.21.2</span>: pl. πλόες Phot.; acc. πλόας <span class="title">IGRom.</span> 4.841 (Hierapolis): (πλέω):—[[sailing]], [[voyage]], <span class="bibl">Od.3.169</span>, Hdt. (who always has the disyll. form) <span class="bibl">2.29</span>, etc.; ἔσσεται Ἀγεάνακτι καλὸς π. ἐς Μιτυλάναν <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.52</span>; ναῶν π. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.32</span>; πλόον ὁρμαίνειν Od. l.c.; <b class="b3">πλοῦν στεῖλαι, ποιεῖσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1045</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>552</span>; <b class="b3">ἔξω πλόου</b> out of <b class="b2">one's course</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>11.39</span>; ἐπ' ἡμέρας τέσσερας πλόος <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.29</span>; <b class="b3">μῆκός ἐστι πλόος ἡμέραι τέσσερες</b> its length is four days' [[sail]], ib.<span class="bibl">158</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ τῶν πλόων</b> when [[the voyage]] is done, <span class="bibl">Id.1.185</span>: metaph., διὰ τοῦ πλοῦ… τῆς ζωῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>803b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[time]] or <b class="b2">tide for sailing</b>, <b class="b3">ὡραῖος π., εἰαρινὸς π</b>., <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>630</span>, <span class="bibl">678</span>; καιρὸς καὶ π. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1450</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">π. ἡμῖν ἐγίγνετο</b>, i.e. the wind was fair, <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.24</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.1.137</span>; π. ἐστί τινι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>899</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IA</span>92</span>; παραπεσόντος π. τισί <span class="bibl">Plb.4.57.6</span>; <b class="b3">πλῷ χρήσασθαι</b> to have a [[fair wind]], <span class="bibl">Th.3.3</span>; πλόον δοκάζων <span class="bibl">Sophr.52</span>: pl., καλλίστοις ἐχρήσαντο πλοῖς <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.83</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> prov., <b class="b3">δεύτερος π</b>. 'the next best way', of those who try another scheme if the first fails (from those who use oars when the wind fails, <b class="b3">ὁ δ. π. ἐστι δήπου λεγόμενος, ἂν ἀποτύχῃ τις οὐρίου</b> (cj.), κώπαισι πλεῖν <span class="bibl">Men.241</span>), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 99d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phlb.</span>19c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Plt.</span>300c</span>; <b class="b3">δεύτερος δὲ π.... πειρᾶσθαι .</b>. the <b class="b2">next best thing</b> is to try... <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1284b19</span>; κατὰ τὸν δ. πλοῦν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1109a35</span>; δ. ἂν εἴη π. τὸ… <span class="bibl">Plb.8.36.6</span>: prov., οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐπὶ τράπεζάν ἐσθ' ὁ π. <span class="bibl">Nicol.Com.1.26</span>, cf. <b class="b3">Κόρινθος; ἡμέτερος ὁ π</b>. 'our innings', <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>274. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> later, = [[ὁδός]], βαιὸν π. αἰὲν ὀκέλλει, of [[the crawling]] of a serpent, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>295</span>, cf. Sch. ad loc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[highway]], ὑλήεντα διὰ πλόον ἐρχομένοισι <span class="bibl">Antim.62</span>; ἔχοντα παρὰ πλόον οἰκίον <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1.4.13</span>.</span>