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ναυτίλλομαι

ναυτίλλομαι, to sail, go by sea

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ναυτίλλεσθαι present middle infinitive of ναυτίλλομαι

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ναυτίλλομαι, only pres. and impf. (exc. aor. subj. ναυτίλεται [ῑ] Od. 4.672 (prob.), inf. ναυτίλασθαι [ῑ] D.C. 56.3):—
  • sail, go by sea, ναυτίλεται εἵνεκα πατρός Od. l.c., cf. 14.246, Hdt. 1.163, 2.5, al., S. Ant. 717, E. Fr. 793; ν. τὴν [θάλασσαν] sail on, navigate, Hdt. 1.202; ναυτιλίαν ναυτίλλεσθαι Pl. R. 551c.
      • 2 of the nautilus, κενῷ [τῷ ὀστράκῳ] ν. Arist. HA 622b9.
      • 3 metaph., of water-fowl, Philostr. Im. 1.9.

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