κατάπλοος
ἅπανθ' ὁ μακρὸς κἀναρίθμητος χρόνος φύει τ' ἄδηλα καὶ φανέντα κρύπτεται· κοὐκ ἔστ' ἄελπτον οὐδέν, ἀλλ' ἁλίσκεται χὠ δεινὸς ὅρκος χαἰ περισκελεῖς φρένες. → Long, unmeasurable Time brings to light everything unseen and hides what has been apparent. Nothing is beyond hope; even the fearsome oath and the most stubborn will is overcome. | All things long and countless time brings to birth in darkness and covers after they have been revealed! Nothing is beyond expectation; the dread oath and the unflinching purpose can be overcome.
English (LSJ)
contr. κατάπλους, ὁ,
A sailing down, bearing down, Th.4.10; sailing to land, putting ashore, ib.26; ὁ Σικελικὸς κ. the arrival of the corn-fleet from Sicily, D.56.9. 2 sailing down stream, esp. down the Nile, ὁ κατ' ἐνιαυτὸν εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν κ. OGI90.17 (Rosetta, ii B. C.), cf. PTeb.27.103 (ii B. C.). II sailing back, return, ὁ οἴκαδε κ. X.HG1.4.11; παρῆν τις ἐκ κ. one who had just returned, Plb.15.23.3.
