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ἀναπλέω

ἀναπλέω, to sail up, to go up stream

ἀναπλέω, Ion. ἀνα-πλώω, Ep. ἀνα-πλείω (q.v.),
  • sail upwards, go up-stream, στεινωπὸν ἀνεπλέομεν we sailed up the strait, Od. 12.234, cf. Hdt. 2.97, 4.89; sail up the Hellespont, X. HG 4.8.36:—Pass., ἀναπλεῖται ἐκ θαλάττης ὁ Πάδος Plb. 2.16.10.
      • 2 put out to sea, ἐς Τροίην νήεσσιν ἀναπλεύσεσθαι Il. 11.22, cf. And. 1.76, Decr. ap. D. 18.184; ἀ. ἐπὶ τρόπαιον IG 2.471.28.
      • 3 float up, rise to the surface, ναυάγιον ἀ. Arist. Pr. 932a1.
      • 4 overflow, Ael. NA 10.19.
    • II sail back, Hdt. 1.78; of fish, swim back, Id. 2.93.
      • 2 metaph. of food, return from the stomach, for rumination, Ael. NA 2.54.
    • III become loose, split off, of bone-splinters, Hp. Fract. 24; ὀδόντες ἀναπλέουσι the teeth fall out, Id. Epid. 4.19, cf. ἀναπλείω; of chalk-stones, come away, Orib. Syn. 9.58.2.

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