- ἐπίπλοος
- ἐπίπλοος (A), ον, [var] contr. [full] ἐπίπλους, ουν, ([etym.] ἐπιπλέω)A sailing against the enemy, νῆες `ships of the line', Plb.1.50.6, cf. 1.27.5, Ph.Bel.104.16.2. sailing after, D.S.20.50.3.3. on board ship: as Subst., = ἐπιβάτης, Arr. ap. Suid., cf. POxy.276 (i A.D.), etc.II. for ἐπίπλοα, τά, v. ἔπιπλα ad fin.------------------------------------ἐπίπλοος (B), [var] contr. [full] ἐπίπλους, ὁ,A sailing against, bearing down upon, attack or onset of a ship or fleet, Th.2.90, X.HG4.3.11, Plu. Lys.11, etc.; ποιεῖσθαι ἐπίπλουν, = ἐπιπλεῖν, Th.8.79; ἐ. ἐποιοῦντο τῇ Μιλήτῳ ib.30; ἐπὶ τὴν Σάμον ib.63;
τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις Id.3.78
; τῇ Πελοποννήσῳ ἑκατὸν νεῶν ἐπίπλουν ἐξαρτύοντες fitting out 100 ships for the expedition against . . , Id.2.17, cf. 56;ἐ. θέσθαι Plu.Aem.9
; rarely of friends, sailing towards, approach,ἐ. φίλιος Th.8.102
.------------------------------------ἐπίπλοος (C), [var] contr. [full] ἐπίπλους, ὁ,A v. ἐπίπλοον.
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