ἐκπλέω

ekpleo

sail out

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 9
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Book VIII 8
Chapter 13 597b31–599a19

598b6
598b8
598b11
598b13
598b15
598b18
598b20
599a1
Book IX 1
Chapter 37 620b10–622b18

621b13
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 108 840a27–35

840a34

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκπλέω, fut. -πλεύσομαι: pf. -πέπλευκα IG 2.793a7 : Ion. ἐκπλώω, aor. -έπλωσα: pf. πέπλωκα Lyc. 1084 :—Α. 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.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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