ἐκπλέω · ekpleō — LSJ
sail out, away, swim out
sail out or away, τοῦ Πόντου Hdt. 6.5; ἔξω τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου Id. 5.103; τῆσδʼ ἐ. χθονός S. Ph. 1375; ἐκ τῆσδε γῆς ib. 577; ἐ. ἐς ἀποικίην Hdt. 6.22; κατʼ Εὐρώπης ζήτησιν, κατὰ ληΐην, Id. 2.44, 152; ἐπί τινα against.., Th. 1.37; of fish, swim out, ἀγεληδὸν ἐ. ἐς θάλασσαν Hdt. 2.93.
2 go out of, lose
metaph., ἐκπλεῖν τῶν φρενῶν go out of oneʼs mind, lose oneʼs senses, Id. 3.155, Ael. Fr. 240.
II sail out past
rarely c. acc. loci, sail out past, τὸ ἔθνος τῶν Ἰχθυοφάγων Arr. Ind. 29.7, cf. Lyc. 1084, A.R. 2.645.
2
c. acc. cogn., ἐ. τὸν ὕστερον ἔκπλουν D. 49.6.
III outsail
trans., ἐ. ἐς τὴν εὐρυχωρίαν τὰς τῶν πολεμίων ναῦς outsail them into the open sea, Th. 8.102 (s.v.l.).