The corpus record

ναυστολ-έω

naustoleo

carry, convey by sea, providing

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Where it lives

Trojan Women 3 · 4.24/10k
Philoctetes 3 · 3.41/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 2 · 2.41/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k

What it meant — LSJ

I carry, convey by sea, providing, go by sea

trans., carry or convey by sea, δάμαρτα E. Or. 741 (troch.): metaph., ἴδια ν. ἐπικώμια providing matter for their own praise, Pi. N. 6.32, cf. Luc. Lex. 2:—Pass., with fut. Med. -ήσομαι, go by sea, E. Tr. 1048; τὰ ναυστολούμενα Id. Fr. 492.6; τηλικοῦτον πέλαγος ναυστοληθείς D.S. 4.13.

2 guide, steer, pliest thou

guide, steer, metaph., κυμάτων ἄτερ πόλιν σὴν ναυστολήσεις E. Supp. l.c.; τὼ πτέρυγε ποῖ ναυστολεῖς; whither pliest thou thy wings? Ar. Av. 1229; ὁ ναυστολῶν . . εἰμʼ ἐγὼ τὰς συμφοράς the enterprise is mine, E. IT 599.

II go by ship, sail

intr., go by ship, sail, ἐξ Ἰλίου S. Ph. 245; πρὸς οἴκους ἀπʼ Ἰλίου E. Tr. 77: metaph., διὰ πόνων ἐναυστόλουν Id. Fr. 821.2.

III approach by sea

c. acc. loci, approach by sea, ἵπποισιν ἢ κύμβαισι ν. χθόνα; S. Fr. 127 (by zeugma), cf. E. Med. 682, Hipp. 36, Cyc. 106.— Poet. and later Prose.

In the wild

ναυστολήσων · naustolēsōn Euripides, Hecuba (DIORISIS sentence 325)
ναυστολεῖν · naustolein Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 544)
ἐναυστολήσαμεν · enaustolēsamen Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris *)ore/sths (DIORISIS sentence 43)
ναυστολῶν · naustolōn Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris (DIORISIS sentence 311)
ναυστολῶν · naustolōn Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 494)
ναυστολήσεις · naustolēseis Euripides, Suppliants *kh=ruc (DIORISIS sentence 270)

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