ναυπηγέω

English (LSJ)

   A to be a shipbuilder, build ships, Ar.Pl.513, Pl.Alc.1.107c:—more freq. in Med., πλοῖα, νέας ναυπηγέεσθαι, build oneself ships, get them built, Hdt.2.96, 6.46, cf. Pl.l.c.; ἐπί τινι against others, Hdt.1.27; ἐναυπηγοῦντο νεῶν στόλον Th.1.31; τριήρεις ἐναυπηγησάμεθα And.3.5, cf. Th. 6.90, D.17.28: pf. νεναυπήγημαι in med. sense, D.S.20.16:—Pass., of ships, to be built, Th.1.13 (v.l. ἐνναυπηγηθῆναι); ὁπόσα ἂν οἰκοδομηθῇ ἢ ναυπηγηθῇ X.Vect.4.35, cf. HG1.3.17, Plu.2.321d.    II metaph. in Med., contrive, 'engineer', τὰ πάντα νεναυπηγημένη ἐπὶ ταῖς Ῥωμαίων τύχαις J.AJ19.2.4.