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ἐκπλέω

ἐκπλέω, to sail out, sail away, weigh anchor

ἐκπλέω, fut. -πλεύσομαι: pf. -πέπλευκα IG 2.793a7: Ion. ἐκπλώω, aor. -έπλωσα: pf. πέπλωκα Lyc. 1084:—
  • sail out or away, τοῦ Πόντου Hdt. 6.5; ἔξω τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου Id. 5.103; τῆσδʼ ἐ. χθονός S. Ph. 1375; ἐκ τῆσδε γῆς ib. 577; ἐ. ἐς ἀποικίην Hdt. 6.22; κατʼ Εὐρώπης ζήτησιν, κατὰ ληΐην, Id. 2.44, 152; ἐπί τινα against.., Th. 1.37; of fish, swim out, ἀγεληδὸν ἐ. ἐς θάλασσαν Hdt. 2.93.
      • 2 metaph., ἐκπλεῖν τῶν φρενῶν go out of oneʼs mind, lose oneʼs senses, Id. 3.155, Ael. Fr. 240.
    • II rarely c. acc. loci, sail out past, τὸ ἔθνος τῶν Ἰχθυοφάγων Arr. Ind. 29.7, cf. Lyc. 1084, A.R. 2.645.
      • 2 c. acc. cogn., ἐ. τὸν ὕστερον ἔκπλουν D. 49.6.
    • III trans., ἐ. ἐς τὴν εὐρυχωρίαν τὰς τῶν πολεμίων ναῦς outsail them into the open sea, Th. 8.102 (s.v.l.).

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