πλώιμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or πλόϊμος, ον, (πλώω) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[fit for sailing]]: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> of a ship, [[seaworthy]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.29</span>,<span class="bibl">50</span>, <span class="bibl">2.13</span>, <span class="bibl">D.56.23</span>, etc.; also, [[fit for shipbuilding]], τῶν ξύλων τὰ -ώτατα Plu.2.676a. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of navigation, <b class="b3">ἤδη πλωϊμωτέρων ὄντων</b> as [[navigation]] advanced, as circumstances became [[favourable for navigation]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8</span>; but <b class="b3">πλωΐμων γενομένων</b> when the weather was [[fit for sailing]], <span class="bibl">D.H.1.63</span>; τὴν θάλατταν ἐκ Διονυσίων π. εἶναι <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>3.3</span>; τῆς ὥρας ἐστὶ τὰ π. Hld. <span class="bibl">5.21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of a river, [[navigable]], ῥαπτοῖς πλοίοις <span class="bibl">Str.7.4.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of goods, [[sea-borne]], <span class="bibl">Just.<span class="title">Nov.</span>163.2</span>.—Most codd. of Th. and D. give [[πλόϊμος]] (also found in Thphr.l.c.), though in Th. they give [[πλωΐζω]].</span>