The corpus record

διέκ-πλοος

diekploos · ὁ

passage, through, breaking the enemyʼs line

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Where it lives

History 5 · 0.33/10k
Hellenica 2 · 0.3/10k
Histories 4 · 0.22/10k

What it meant

διέκ-πλοος · diek-ploos — LSJ

passage, through

passage, τῶν βραχέων through the shallows, Hdt. 4.179; δ. ὑπόφαυσιν καταλιπεῖν Id. 7.36, cf. Pl. Criti. 115e.

II breaking the enemyʼs line

breaking the enemyʼs line in a sea-fight, δ. ποιεύμενος Hdt. 6.12, cf. Th. 1.49, 7.36.

In the wild

διέκπλοον · diekploon Herodotus, Histories 4.179.3 (DIORISIS sentence 5197)
διέκπλοον · diekploon Herodotus, Histories 6.12.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6240)
διέκπλοον · diekploon Herodotus, Histories 7.36.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7296)
διεκπλόου · diekploou Herodotus, Histories 8.9.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8500)
διέκπλοι · diekploi Thucydides, History 1.49.3 (DIORISIS sentence 295)
διέκπλουν · diekploun Thucydides, History 2.83.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1562)

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Where it came from

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