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παραπλέω

parapleo

sail by

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

παραπλέω, Ion. παρα-πλώω Orph. A. 733, 1271 : Ep. aor. 2 παρέπλων (v. infr.) :—A. sail by or past, abs., οἴη δὴ κείνῃ γε παρέπλω . . Ἀργώ was the only ship that sailed through that way, Od. 12.69, cf. X. An. 5.1.11 ; ἐν χρῷ παραπλέοντες sailing close in, Th. 2.84, cf. 90 ; π. παρὰ τὰς πρῴρας τῶν νεῶν Hdt. 7.100 ; π. τὴν Ἔφεσον sail past Ephesus, Act.Ap. 20.16. 2. coast by or along, ὃς τῆς Ἀττικῆς ταῦτα μὴ -πέπλωκε Hdt. 4.99, cf. Isoc. 15.123 ; ἐς Σικυῶνα Th. 1.111 ; ἐνθένδε μὲν εἰς Σινώπην π., ἐκ Σινώπης δὲ εἰς Ἡράκλειαν X. An. 5.6.10, cf. D. 35.31 ; ἐκεῖθεν X. HG 5.4.61 ; π. ἀπὸ κάλω, v. κάλως. 3. metaph., π. τὰς συμφοράς sail past, escape them, Amphis 3.4.
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