πλει

Lemma: πλέω

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Definition

to sail, voyage, or go by sea; more generally, to float or swim. In the middle it often means “to take ship, sail for oneself,” with no major change of sense in the passive beyond “be sailed/floated.”

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Grammatical Analysis

"πλει"

Form: πλει

Degree: comparative (elliptic/poetic adverbial form; = πλέον 'more')

Notes: Adverbial comparative used especially in poetry; not a verb form (so -μι vs. standard verb is not applicable).

Related Forms of πλέω

18 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

πλέω present, active, indicative, singular, 1st Πλευσας aorist, active, participle, nominative, singular, ... Πλέον present, active, indicative, singular, 1st πλέω present, active, indicative, singular, 1st πλεω present, active, indicative, singular, first πλεῖ present, active, indicative, singular, 3rd pleontes present, active, participle, nominative, plural, m... epleon imperfect, active, indicative, singular, 3rd Επλευσε aorist, active, indicative, singular, 3rd πλεῖτε present, active, indicative, plural, second ἐπλεῖτε imperfect, active, indicative, plural, second πλέον adverb πλεύσεσθαι future, middle (deponent in meaning for πλέω), inf... ἔπλευσα aorist (1st aorist, sigmatic: -σα), active, indica... πλευσόμεθα future, middle (deponent in sense for πλέω), indic... έπλει imperfect, active, indicative, singular, 3rd πλευστέον future sense of necessity (not a true tense-form; ... οι πλέοντες participle (verbal adjective) with article

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