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ἄπλοος

ἄπλοος, ἄπλους, not navigable; (ships) not seaworthy

ἄπλοος, ον, contr. ἄπλους, ουν:
    • I Act., of ships, unseaworthy, τριήρεις And. 3.5; ναῦς ἄπλους ποιεῖν Th. 7.34; νῆες ἅπλοι ἐγένοντο ibid.: of persons, ναύκληρον . . ποιήσας ἄπλουν Crito Com. 3: Comp., ἀπλοώτεραι νῆες less fit for sea, Th. 7.60 (codd.; ἀπλούστεραι Suid.).
    • II Pass., of the sea, not navigable, closed to navigation (cf. ἄπλοια), ἄπλους ἡ θάλαττα ὑπὸ τῶν . . λῃστῶν γέγονεν D. 18.241; ἅλμη A.R. 4.1271; Πόντος Plb. 4.38.7: metaph., αἰθήρ Nonn. D. 6.358.
    • III no seafarer, Ἠχώ ib. 319.

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