πλωΐζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[sail on the sea]], πλωΐζεσκ' ἐν νηυσί <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>634</span> (<span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>388a</span> implies <b class="b3">πλωΐζεσκ' ἀλύων</b> in <span class="bibl">Il.24.12</span>); <b class="b3">οἱ Ἕλληνες μᾶλλον ἔπλῳζον</b> [[began to use ships]] or [[practise navigation]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.13</span>:—Med., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>7332</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span>62</span>: aor. inf. Pass. πλωϊσθῆναι, πρὸς πόλιν Just. <span class="title">Edict.</span>13.6:—written πλοΐζομαι in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>7169.20</span> (ii B. C.), <span class="bibl">Plb.4.47.1</span>, <span class="bibl">5.88.7</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.3.34</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Peripl.M.Eux.</span>23</span>.—On the form, v. sq.</span>