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καταπλέω

katapleo

sail down, sail from the high sea to land, put in, sail home

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Against Dionysodorus 10 · 30.66/10k
Against Zenothemis 5 · 26.39/10k
Apollodorus Against Polycles 8 · 17.46/10k
Letter 7 1 · 12.84/10k
Against Ergocles 1 · 10.99/10k
Defense Against A Charge Of Taking Bribes 1 · 7.73/10k
Against Andocides 2 · 7.7/10k
Oeconomica II 3 · 6.38/10k
Against Callimachus 2 · 5.64/10k
Against Lacritus 2 · 5.6/10k
Apollodorus Against Nicostratus 1 · 5/10k
Economics 3 · 4.84/10k

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καταπλέω · katapleō — LSJ

sail down

sail down; i.e.,

1 sail from the high sea to land, put in, sail home, having, come ashore, to be brought by sea

sail from the high sea to land, put in, ἔνθα κατεπλέομεν Od. 9.142: abs., Hdt. 6.97, 7.137, Lys. 28.5, etc.; ἐς Αἶαν Hdt. 1.2, cf. 8.132; ἐπὶ Ἑλλησπόντου ib. 109, 9.98; ἐπʼ Ἀρτεμίσιον Id. 7.195; τὰς ἐκ Πόντου ναῦς Ἀθήναζε κ. X. HG 5.1.28; ἕως ἂν δεῦρο -πλεύσωμεν Test. ap. D. 21.168; ἐνταῦθα κ. Id. 32.14; sail home, Lys. 21.3, Phoenicid. 2.3; νεωστὶ καταπεπλευκώς having lately come ashore, Pl. Euthd. 297c; of things, to be brought by sea, πυρὸς Ἀθήναζε -πλέων Thphr. CP 4.9.5; ἡ -πλέουσα ἀγορά App

2 sail down stream, down the Nile, swim down stream

sail down stream, [ἐς] τὸν Εὐφρήτην Hdt. 1.185; in Egypt, down the Nile, κ. εἰς τὴν πόλιν (sc. Alexandria) PMagd. 22.4 (iii B.C.), cf. PTeb. 58.44 (ii B.C.), etc.; of fish, swim down stream, κ. ἐς θάλασσαν Hdt. 2.93, cf. Arist. HA 598b16.

II sail back

sail back, Hdt. 1.165, 3.45, And. 2.13, Phld. Acad.Ind. p.102M., etc.

In the wild

καταπλέοντος · katapleontos Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..51 (DIORISIS sentence 607)
καταπλεύσας · katapleusas Aristotle, Economics 1352a (DIORISIS sentence 326)
καταπλεύσας · katapleusas Aristotle, Economics 1352a (DIORISIS sentence 328)
κατέπλευσεν · katepleusen Aristotle, Economics 1353b (DIORISIS sentence 356)
κατέπλευσεν · katepleusen Aristotle, Oeconomica II 1353a (DIORISIS sentence 201)
καταπλεύσας · katapleusas Aristotle, Oeconomica II (DIORISIS sentence 179)

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