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κατάπλοος

kataploos · ὁ

sailing down, bearing down

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κατάπλοος · kataploos — LSJ

sailing down, bearing down, sailing to land, putting ashore, arrival

sailing down, bearing down, Th. 4.10; sailing to land, putting ashore, ib. 26; ὁ Σικελικὸς κ. the arrival of the corn-fleet from Sicily, D. 56.9.

2 sailing down stream, down the Nile

sailing down stream, esp. down the Nile, ὁ κατʼ ἐνιαυτὸν εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν κ. OGI 90.17 (Rosetta, ii B. C.), cf. PTeb. 27.103 (ii B. C.).

II sailing back, return, who had just returned

sailing back, return, ὁ οἴκαδε κ. X. HG 1.4.11; παρῆν τις ἐκ κ. one who had just returned, Plb. 15.23.3.

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