The corpus record

διεκ-πλέω

diekpleo

sail out through

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Where it lives

Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Histories 9 · 0.49/10k
History 3 · 0.2/10k

What it meant

διεκ-πλέω · diek-pleō — LSJ

sail out through, sail out

sail out through, τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον Hdt. 7.147; τὰς Κυανέας Id. 4.89; τὴν διώρυχα Id. 7.122; σχοίνους δυώδεκα Id. 2.29; Ἡρακλέων στηλέων Id. 4.42: abs., sail out, ib. 43.

II break the enemyʼs line by sailing through it

in naval tactics, break the enemyʼs line by sailing through it, so as to be able to charge their ships in flank or rear, Hdt. 6.15, Th. 1.50, 7.36, Sosyl.p.31 B., Plb. 1.51.9.

In the wild

διεκπλῶσαι · diekplōsai Herodotus, Histories 2.11.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1612)
διεκπλῶσαι · diekplōsai Herodotus, Histories 2.29.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1720)
διεκπλώσας · diekplōsas Herodotus, Histories 2.29.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1725)
διεκπλώσας · diekplōsas Herodotus, Histories 4.43.4 (DIORISIS sentence 4345)
διεκπλώσας · diekplōsas Herodotus, Histories 4.89.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4642)
διεκπλέοντες · diekpleontes Herodotus, Histories 6.15.2 (DIORISIS sentence 6262)

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Where it came from

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