πλοῖον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ([[πλέω]]) prop. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[float]]ing [[vessel]]: hence, generally, [[ship]], <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Th.</span>602</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>625</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.168</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.128.5, etc.: more nearly defined, <b class="b3">πλοῖα λεπτά</b> [[small]] [[craft]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.83</span>; [[πλοῖον ἁλιευτικόν]] a [[fishing-boat]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.1.20</span>; <b class="b3">ἱππαγωγὰ πλοῖα</b> [[transport]]s for [[horse]]s, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.48</span>; <b class="b3">πλοῖα μακρά</b> [[ships]] of [[war]], <span class="bibl">Id.5.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.14</span>; <b class="b3">πλοῖα στρογγύλα</b> or [[πλοῖα φορτηγικά]] [[ship]]s of [[burden]], merchantmen, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.1.21</span>; μεγάλα πλοῖα <span class="bibl">D.S.13.78</span>; ἱερὸν πλοῖον τοῦ Ὀσείριος <span class="title">OGI</span>56.51 (Canopus, iii B.C.): when distd. from [[ναῦς]], without Adj., mostly [[merchant-ship]] or [[transport]], as opp. ship of war, τοῖς π. καὶ ταῖς ναυσί <span class="bibl">Th.4.116</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.44</span>; <b class="b3">πλεῖν μὴ μακρᾷ νηΐ, ἄλλῳ δὲ κωπήρει πλοίῳ</b> Foed. ap. eund.<span class="bibl">4.118</span>; πλοῖά τε καὶ τριήρεις <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>295d</span>; [[πλοῖα]] alone, = [[τριήρεις]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.2.1</span>, Docum. ap. <span class="bibl">D.18.106</span>.</span>