voyage

Greek Noun Male

πλόος, πλούς genitive, -όου, -oῦ (and in late writers also πλοός, like νοός from νοῦς), ὁ (πλέω), [in LXX: Wis.14:1 *;] a voyage: Act.21:7 27:9-10. (AS)

voyage

Greek Noun Male

πλόος, ὁ, Attic dialect contraction πλοῦς; plural πλοῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dative πλοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, a genitive singular πλοός, as if of third declension (compare χοῦς A), [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (πλέω):—sailing, voyage, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πλοῦν στεῖλαι, ποιεῖσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔξω πλόου out of one's course, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μῆκός ἐστι πλόος ἡμέραι τέσσερες its length is four days' sail, [Refs]; ἐκ τῶν πλόων when the voyage is done, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) time or tide for sailing, ὡραῖος π, εἰαρινὸς π, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἡμῖν ἐγίγνετο, i.e. the wind was fair, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλῷ χρήσασθαι to have a fair wind, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) proverbial, δεύτερος π. 'the next best way', of those who try another scheme if the first fails (from those who use oars when the wind fails, ὁ δ. π. ἐστι δήπου λεγόμενος, ἂν ἀποτύχῃ τις οὐρίου (conjecture), κώπαισι πλεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεύτερος δὲ π, πειρᾶσθαι. the next best thing is to try, [Refs 4th c.BC+], compare Κόρινθο; ἡμέτερος ὁ π. 'our innings', [Refs] 4) later, ={ὁδός}, βαιὸν π. αἰὲν ὀκέλλει, of the crawling of a serpent, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] 4.b) highway, ὑλήεντα διὰ πλόον ἐρχομένοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

a sail, i.e. navigation; course, sailing, voyage; from g4126 (πλέω)