ἐκπλέω

ekpleo

sail out

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Letters 3
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Chapter ?

347c7
309b5
347a2
Critias 1
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108e8
Theages 1
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130c2

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.).

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