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εἰσπλέω

eispleo

sail into, enter

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What it meant

εἰσπλέω · eispleō — LSJ

sail into, enter

sail into, enter, ἐς τὰ στενά Th. 2.86, cf. 89, etc.: poet. c. acc., E. IT 1389: c. acc. et dat., ὑμέναιον δόμοις εἰσέπλευσας S. OT 423.

2 sail in, as one sails in, to be imported

abs., sail in, ἐπʼ ἀριστερὰ ἐσπλέοντι as one sails in, Hdt. 6.33; στόμα ναυσὶ ταῖς μεγίσταις ἱκανὸν εἰσπλεῖν Pl. Criti. 115d; εἰσπλέοντας ἐκπλέοντάς τε Pl.Com. 183; Μεγαρεῦσι μηδὲν ἐσπλεῖν Th. 3.51, cf. X. HG 2.4.29; of corn, to be imported, D. 20.31.

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