πλόος, ὁ,
Attic dialect contraction πλοῦς; plural πλοῖ [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
dative πλοῖς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, a
genitive singular πλοός, as if of third
declension (compare χοῦς A), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: (πλέω):—
sailing, voyage, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πλοῦν στεῖλαι, ποιεῖσθαι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔξω πλόου out of
one's course, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μῆκός ἐστι πλόος ἡμέραι τέσσερες its length is four days'
sail, [
Refs]; ἐκ τῶν πλόων when
the voyage is done, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
time or
tide for sailing, ὡραῖος π, εἰαρινὸς π, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἡμῖν ἐγίγνετο, i.e. the wind was fair, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλῷ χρήσασθαι to have a
fair wind, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) proverbial, δεύτερος π. 'the next best way', of those who try another scheme if the first fails (from those who use oars when the wind fails, ὁ δ. π. ἐστι δήπου λεγόμενος, ἂν ἀποτύχῃ τις οὐρίου (conjecture), κώπαισι πλεῖν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεύτερος δὲ π, πειρᾶσθαι. the
next best thing is to try, [
Refs 4th c.BC+], compare Κόρινθο; ἡμέτερος ὁ π. 'our innings', [
Refs]
4) later, ={ὁδός}, βαιὸν π. αἰὲν ὀκέλλει, of
the crawling of a serpent, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
4.b)
highway, ὑλήεντα διὰ πλόον ἐρχομένοισι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]