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πλώϊμος

πλώϊμος, fit for sailing

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πλωιμωτέρων feminine genitive plural comparative, masculine genitive plural comparative, neuter genitive plural comparative of πλώϊμος

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

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