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|Definition=ὁ, Att. contr. [[πλοῦς]]; pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> πλοῖ S.''Ph.''304, X.''An.''5.7.7; gen. πλῶν ''OGI''132.9 (Egypt, ii B.C.); dat. πλοῖς Antipho 5.83; acc. πλοῦς [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''362b24; later, a gen. sg. [[πλοός]], as if of third declens. (cf. [[χοῦς]] A), ''Peripl.M.Rubr.''62, ''OGI''572.21 (Myra, ii/iii A.D.), X. Eph.1.14; dat. πλοΐ D.S.21.2: pl. πλόες Phot.; acc. πλόας ''IGRom.'' 4.841 (Hierapolis): ([[πλέω]]):—[[sailing]], [[voyage]], Od.3.169, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] (who always has the disyll. form) 2.29, etc.; ἔσσεται Ἀγεάνακτι καλὸς π. ἐς Μιτυλάναν Theoc.7.52; ναῶν π. Pi.''O.''7.32; πλόον ὁρμαίνειν Od. [[l.c.]]; <b class="b3">πλοῦν στεῖλαι, ποιεῖσθαι</b>, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1045, ''Ph.''552; [[ἔξω πλόου]] = [[out of one's course]], Pi.''P.''11.39; ἐπ' ἡμέρας τέσσερας πλόος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.29; <b class="b3">μῆκός ἐστι πλόος ἡμέραι τέσσερες</b> its length is four days' [[sail]], ib.158; <b class="b3">ἐκ τῶν πλόων</b> when the [[voyage]] is done, Id.1.185: metaph., διὰ τοῦ πλοῦ… τῆς ζωῆς Pl.''Lg.''803b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[time for sailing]] or [[tide for sailing]], [[ὡραῖος]] πλοῦς, [[εἰαρινός|εἰαρινὸς]] πλοῦς, Hes.''Op.''630, 678; καιρὸς καὶ π. S.''Ph.''1450 (anap.); <b class="b3">π. ἡμῖν ἐγίγνετο</b>, i.e. the [[wind]] was [[fair]], Antipho 5.24, cf. Th.1.137; π. ἐστί τινι E.''Hec.''899, ''IA''92; παραπεσόντος π. τισί Plb.4.57.6; <b class="b3">πλῷ χρήσασθαι</b> to have a [[fair wind]], Th.3.3; πλόον δοκάζων Sophr.52: pl., καλλίστοις ἐχρήσαντο πλοῖς Antipho 5.83.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[proverb|prov.]], [[δεύτερος πλοῦς]] '[[the next best way]]', of those who try another scheme if the first fails (from those who use oars when the wind fails, <b class="b3">ὁ δ. π. ἐστι δήπου λεγόμενος, ἂν ἀποτύχῃ τις οὐρίου</b> (cj.), κώπαισι πλεῖν Men.241), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 99d, ''Phlb.''19c, ''Plt.''300c; <b class="b3">δεύτερος δὲ π.... πειρᾶσθαι .</b>. [[the next best thing]] is to try... Arist.''Pol.''1284b19; κατὰ τὸν δ. πλοῦν Id.''EN''1109a35; δ. ἂν εἴη π. τὸ… Plb.8.36.6: [[proverb|prov.]], οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐπὶ τράπεζάν ἐσθ' ὁ π. Nicol.Com.1.26, cf. [[Κόρινθος]]; ἡμέτερος ὁ πλοῦς 'our innings', ''Com.Adesp.''274.<br><span class="bld">4</span> later, = [[ὁδός]], βαιὸν π. αἰὲν ὀκέλλει, of the [[crawling]] of a [[serpent]], Nic.''Th.''295, cf. Sch. ad loc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[highway]], ὑλήεντα διὰ πλόον ἐρχομένοισι Antim.62; ἔχοντα παρὰ πλόον οἰκίον Call.''Hec.''1.4.13.