πλόος
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See also: -πλόος
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An o-grade verbal noun from the root of πλέω (pléō, “to sail”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pló.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈplo.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈplo.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈplo.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈplo.os/
Noun
[edit]πλόος • (plóos) m (genitive πλόου); second declension (Epic, Ionic, Doric)
- sailing, voyage
- The intended course or way on which one is traveling
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 11.39–40:
- ἤ μέ τις ἄνεμος ἔξω πλόου
ἔβαλεν […]- ḗ mé tis ánemos éxō plóou
ébalen […] - or some wind threw me off course
- ḗ mé tis ánemos éxō plóou
- ἤ μέ τις ἄνεμος ἔξω πλόου
- 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
- ποίᾳ μηχανῇ καὶ τίσιν ποτὲ τρόποις συνόντες τὸν βίον ἄριστα διὰ τοῦ πλοῦ τούτου τῆς ζωῆς διακομισθησόμεθα
- 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
- αὐτὸς δ’ ὡραῖον μίμνειν πλόον, εἰς ὅ κεν ἔλθῃ
- 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.
- ἄλλος δ’ εἰαρινὸς πέλεται πλόος ἀνθρώποισιν
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πλόος ho plóos |
τὼ πλόω tṑ plóō |
οἱ πλόοι hoi plóoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πλόου toû plóou |
τοῖν πλόοιν toîn plóoin |
τῶν πλόων tôn plóōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πλόῳ tôi plóōi |
τοῖν πλόοιν toîn plóoin |
τοῖς πλόοις toîs plóois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πλόον tòn plóon |
τὼ πλόω tṑ plóō |
τοὺς πλόους toùs plóous | ||||||||||
Vocative | πλόε plóe |
πλόω plóō |
πλόοι plóoi | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
[edit]- δεύτερος πλόος (deúteros plóos)
- διέκπλοος (diékploos)
- ἔκπλοος (ékploos)
- παράπλοος (paráploos)
References
[edit]- 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
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plew-
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ος (o-grade)
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
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