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ναυπηγέω

naupegeo

to be a shipbuilder, build ships

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ναυπηγέω, A. to be a shipbuilder, build ships, Ar. Pl. 513, Pl. Alc. 1.107c:—more freq. in Med., πλοῖα, νέας ναυπηγέεσθαι, build oneself ships, get them built, Hdt. 2.96, 6.46, cf. Pl.l.c.; ἐπί τινι against others, Hdt. 1.27; ἐναυπηγοῦντο νεῶν στόλον Th. 1.31; τριήρεις ἐναυπηγησάμεθα And. 3.5, cf. Th. 6.90, D. 17.28: pf. νεναυπήγημαι in med. sense, D.S. 20.16:—Pass., of ships, to be built, Th. 1.13 (v.l. ἐνναυπηγηθῆναι); ὁπόσα ἂν οἰκοδομηθῇ ἢ ναυπηγηθῇ X. Vect. 4.35, cf. HG 1.3.17, Plu. 2.321d. II. metaph. in Med., contrive, ‘engineer’, τὰ πάντα νεναυπηγημένη ἐπὶ ταῖς Ῥωμαίων τύχαις J. AJ 19.2.4.
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