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ἄπλοια

ἄπλοια, impossibility of sailing, detention in port

ἄπλοια, ἡ, Ion. and poet. ἀπλοΐη, Call. Dian. 230, prob. in AP 7.640 (Antip.). ἄπλους):—
  • impossibility of sailing, detention in port, esp. from stress of weather, A. Ag. 188; ἀπλοίᾳ χρῆσθαι E. IA 88, cf. IT 15; ἡσύχαζεν ὑπὸ ἀπλοίας Th. 4.4, cf. 6.22: pl., ἀποπλέειν . . ὁρμημένον αὐτὸν ἶσχον ἄπλοιαι Hdt. 2.119.

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