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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
An o-grade verbal noun from the root of πλέω (pléō, “to sail”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pló.os/ → /ˈplo.os/ → /ˈplo.os/
Noun
πλόος • (plóos) m (genitive πλόου); second declension (Epic, Ionic, Doric)
- sailing, voyage
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Odyssey 3.169:
- ἐν Λέσβῳ δ’ ἔκιχεν δολιχὸν πλόον ὁρμαίνοντας
- en Lésbōi d’ ékikhen dolikhòn plóon hormaínontas
- on Lesbos overtook while we were pondering the long voyage
460 BCE – 420 BCE,
Herodotus,
Histories 2.29.3:
- τὸ δὲ χωρίον τοῦτο ἐστὶ ἐπ’ ἡμέρας τέσσερας πλόος
- tò dè khōríon toûto estì ep’ hēméras tésseras plóos
- This area is a four days' journey by boat
- The intended course or way on which one is traveling
428 BCE – 347 BCE,
Plato,
Laws 803b:
- ποίᾳ μηχανῇ καὶ τίσιν ποτὲ τρόποις συνόντες τὸν βίον ἄριστα διὰ τοῦ πλοῦ τούτου τῆς ζωῆς διακομισθησόμεθα
- poíāi mēkhanêi kaì tísin potè trópois sunóntes tòn bíon árista dià toû ploû toútou tês zōês diakomisthēsómetha
- 1967 translation by R.G. Bury
- by what means and by what modes of living we shall best navigate our barque of life through this voyage of existence
- The time for sailing
750 BCE – 650 BCE,
Hesiod,
Works and Days 630:
- αὐτὸς δ’ ὡραῖον μίμνειν πλόον, εἰς ὅ κεν ἔλθῃ
- autòs d’ hōraîon mímnein plóon, eis hó ken élthēi
- Wait for the right sailing season to come
750 BCE – 650 BCE,
Hesiod,
Works and Days 678:
- ἄλλος δ’ εἰαρινὸς πέλεται πλόος ἀνθρώποισιν
- állos d’ eiarinòs péletai plóos anthrṓpoisin
- Another sailing season for men is in the spring.
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References
- πλόος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πλόος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press