Πλεῖν
to sail
Translated by Catharine Roth3 May 2011Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[plei=n means the same as] ple/ein .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πλεῖν· πλέειν.
Betacode
*plei=n: ple/ein.
Notes
- Entry also in Hesychius and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon.
The headword is the contracted form of the present infinitive ofple/w ; the gloss is the uncontracted form. See also upsilon 717.
The root is *plew-/plow-, cf.plo/os at pi 1789. Cognates include Sanskrit plávate "floats" or "swims," Latin pluit "it rains," and English "flood."
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