πλοῖον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ([[πλέω]]) prop. [[float]]ing [[vessel]]: hence, generally, [[ship]], [[boat]], A. ''Th.''602, ''Ag.''625, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.168, ''IG''12.128.5, etc.: more nearly defined, <b class="b3">πλοῖα λεπτά</b> [[small]] [[craft]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.36, Th.2.83; [[πλοῖον ἁλιευτικόν]] a [[fishing boat]], X.''An.''7.1.20; <b class="b3">ἱππαγωγὰ πλοῖα</b> [[transport]]s for [[horse]]s, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.48; <b class="b3">πλοῖα μακρά</b> [[ship]]s of [[war]], Id.5.30, Th.1.14; <b class="b3">πλοῖα στρογγύλα</b> or [[πλοῖα φορτηγικά]] [[ship]]s of [[burden]], [[merchantmen]], X.''HG''5.1.21; μεγάλα πλοῖα D.S.13.78; ἱερὸν πλοῖον τοῦ Ὀσείριος ''OGI''56.51 (Canopus, iii B.C.): when distinguished from [[ναῦς]], without Adj., mostly [[merchant-ship]] or [[transport]], as opp. [[ship]] of [[war]], τοῖς π. καὶ ταῖς ναυσί Th.4.116, cf. 6.44; <b class="b3">πλεῖν μὴ μακρᾷ νηΐ, ἄλλῳ δὲ κωπήρει πλοίῳ</b> Foed. ap. eund.4.118; πλοῖά τε καὶ τριήρεις Pl. ''Hp.Ma.''295d; [[πλοῖα]] alone, = [[τριήρεις]], X.''HG''1.2.1, Docum. ap. D.18.106.